4th of July garage sale finds

[Ken W.]

I picked up a bunch of stuff today at a few garage sales. One pair of Utica 3 diamond no. 516 Steeldraulic pliers. A wooden handle hand vise. A Proto 3/8 ratchet. A Iron Age wrench. A SPAC set of snips , and some other wrenches

[Papaw]

Do you know about the steeldraulic pliers?
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/herbrand-van-chrome-p4.html

272 "Steeldraulic" Pliers
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, the "Steeldraulic" brand of mechanical brakes were used on several makes of automobiles, for example the Hupmobile. These brakes had an adjustment mechanism in an awkward position, and required a special type of pliers to make the adjustment.

[Neals]

That iron age is a great score.  I am still waiting for my first cutout

[Ken W.]

I have another pair of Steeldraulic pliers somewhere.There kinda neat.

[bonneyman]

I think those steeldraulic pliers look so weird! :) When I first saw them I thought it was a fluke that someone melted a regular pair of pliers with a torch or something.
But hey, if they do the job, go for it!