Some Mahr Stuff

[Anorak Bob]

A sampling of pages from Mahr's American catalogue, circa 1965, plus a couple of pages from the accompanying price list.

BT

[Greg Q]

Thanks for that Bob...

Last month I bought a pair of the 105A scraped squares...a 6" and a 10" for $26.00 shipped which I think a fine deal. They appear to have been trophy squares...never used given the knife-sharp edges on them. Each of them sports a rusty thumbprint though...why do some people (me included) sweat nitric acid?

[Anorak Bob]

Definitely a fair price Gregory. Back in '65 the pair would have set you back 26.50 f.o.b. New York.

BT

[Greg Q]

Yeah, the time machine works pretty well sometimes. My Lufkin 299 cost me exactly 1958 list price in 2011 too.

The devaluation of a once proud industrial civilization.:C