Last weeks haul

[RedVise]

Picked up a couple of nice items last week end, a pretty day, riding around with the windows down, listening to John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters turned up a wee bit !!

I have been looking for a large pair of channellocks and came across this Powr Kraft set, made in Japan but looks like there is plenty of life left in them. That's a Single Offset Blackhawk wrench, some basic wirestrippers, vintage tapes, a wooden handle for some type of multi tool, and a Warranted Superior saw.

The winner is the Germantown Master Builder hatchet, I picked it up and the balance and feel were just right! Cleaned the roofing tar off and it looks good.

Happy Thanksgiving to all !

Brian L.

[Bill Houghton]

Nice haul.

When I was a kid, Dad sent my brother out to get a tool for something we were working on, and he came home with a pair of Channellocks like the ones you found.  Dad was a little upset at my brother for buying such a useless thing, but it solved the problem at hand, and Dad later admitted he used them a lot.

I have a pair of some off-brand, made in Spain, not terribly good; I'm always on the lookout for a good brand of that size of plier.

[Lostmind]

I used those giant channel locks to push back disc brake calipers.
Also to pop the tire valves out of the rim.
Couldn't be without them now.

[mrchuck]

I use my "huge" channel-locks all the time.
There are things that this tool will only do.
No others would do!   Amen.

[oldtools]

Yuppp! Love that tool, got me through many-a-fix...

[dimwittedmoose51]

I got a red gripped a pair of New Britains several years ago at a local neighborhood  yard sale.  He wouldn't come off the $4 price....

The tool auction I went to today had Channe           llocks in spades, including two pr. of EASCO(Japanese made ones no less) Brought $25.  I snagged a semi large pr. of Powr-Kraft in a pliers flat for like $4.  What can I say, I'm pliers-poor now......and tool-poor eternally!!!!  See the auction-specific post for more details.

DM&FS