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I am sure everyone has visited the following Toolemera Press resource (the Tyzack "Servicing your Saws" Booklet information on saw tooth hammer setting is very good) - click on the images:

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Those are good observations Vann. I couldn't find a YANKEE spiral ratchet screwdriver in any Burnley Ironmonger shops when I started my Apprenticeship at Tillotson's in 1947 -- but it was hard to...

These screwdrivers, especially the quick-return heavy pattern (No. 131 & No.131A), were much used in the truck cab and body building trade to which I belonged in the late 1940s. Just about every...

Thanks Geoff. Please excuse me posting links instead of pics. I have severe leg edema that prevents me typing at the computer for any length of time -- and gathering and posting images.

From what...

George H. Bishop & Co. Back Saw -- with customer etch.

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North Bros. Mfg. Co. "Yankee" No. 2100/2100A & 2101/2101A Ratchet Bit Braces

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Millers Falls Barber Ratchet Brace Produced circa. 1880

No. 33 - 8 inch sweep
Barber chuck
Amidon spring-less jaws
Dolin ratchet device
Brazilian rosewood wrist handle
Lignum Vitae head
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1947 Apprentice



I am not a tool collector, but I do love vintage woodworking hand tools. For me there is a lot of satisfaction in owning and...

I am afraid I cannot help you very much, Paul, but here is one of my web pages that may contain some information of interest to you:

Pre-WWII & Post-WWII Stanley "Bailey" Bench Planes

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I don't know whether this is the correct way or not, but I have always carried chisel sets in rolls with the edges down like this:

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Thank you for the input, Jim -- and the correction. My note should read "mid 1800s" and I have changed it accordingly.

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New web page at Woodworking Hand Tools - British Chisels -- not a definitive study, just exemplars of the types (with notes) I used in my day.

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Thank you, Polie -- I have added more pics.

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Stanley Nail Hammers 1936-1958 - An Informal Study

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And how about employing this technology to reproduce organs using human cells -- even at actual wound sites:

TED Blog | Printing a human kidney: Anthony Atala on TED.com

Ah, the Brave New...

My present Tool Box is essentially a re-creation of the one I had toward the end of my apprenticeship as a Truck Cab and Body builder in the late 1940s. The tools are of the type and vintage I used...

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G'day, Dave. Plumb axes in particular had a great Australian connection. Go to PLUMB CHAMPION AXE at Plumb Co. and read about the exploits of Champion wood chopper Peter McLaren, from Melbourne, in...

Indeed it was, Paul. The craftsmen I worked for (late 1940s) always wore shirt and tie -- and a waistcoat -- while they were working. My grandchildren love this family picture:

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I have added a photograph of a 1942 marked WWII Plumb contract Pick Axe entrenching tool.

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I have just added the final page: Plumb Claw Hammers to my web site. I have also updated the Home Page (URL in Sig. block) to include several additional online References and other information.
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Hi, Stewie.

Here is the substance -- paraphrased -- of an interchange I had with Jeff Nagel on another Forum:

.......... I will attribute the information to Alan Martin (Stanley Historian) -- I...

Thank you for those most kind words, Frank -- they mean a lot to me. I have just reorganized the References & Resources section to make it more comprehensive.


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This web site (URL in signature block) is essentially a re-write and re-formulation of one I previously wrote titled "WOODWORKING HAND TOOLS - used in the truck cab/body building trade, N. England,...

Thanks for the very kind words, Brent. My grand-kids will be amazed that someone thinks "I Rock"! A great story -- and I understand your enthusiasm for I am a sentimentalist -- and an incurable hand...

Thanks for the input, Derek.

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Thanks for the kind words and great information, Vann. Sorry to hear about your bad luck with the "YANKEES". I have been lucky -- have owned dozens over more years than I can remember and nary one...

Thanks for the input. What model were you using? We used to drive #12 screws into oak (crossbeams) and Australian Jarrah (flat bed truck floorboards) using the "YANKEE" No. 131A heavy pattern. We did...

Thanks for the input. I never owned (or saw) any with plastic handles, but there is a response concerning them below.

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Please check out my page at: Woodworking Hand Tools - "Yankee" Superstars

All comments and suggestions welcome.

Thank you.

As you know, Stewie, my study only covers the period 1934-1958 because I only have references (Stanley Catalogs, Ads, Brochures, etc.) for that period, which does pretty well cover the genesis and...

I have composed this web page which is an Informal Study devoted to the Stanley No. 203 Block Plane that was produced from 1912-1961. Please follow the link -- I solicit all comments, suggestions and...

Yes, I have seen that before, Stewie -- that is no missing link for my research. I am always skeptical regarding e-bay photographs. That is either a pre-1958 No.60 chisel with the amber portion of...

Hi Stewie. Refer to my previous post. I assume here you are referring to the STANLEY within the orange cartouche marking along the side of the handle versus the white colored marking around the base...

Hi Stewie. I cannot find any No. 60 chisels with all black handles listed in Stanley Tools Catalogs up to and including This 1958 Edition -- Nos. 40, 50 and 60 are always with solid black handles and...

These are my references, Stewie:

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Do you mean No. 40 and No. 50 Chisels, Stewie? But no, I have not unearthed any discontinuance of manufacturing date so far.

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Just as a point of interest, Stanley No. 60 butt chisels were more expensive than No. 720 firmer chisels (1950 Catalog -- images added to page).

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Thank you, Stewie.

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Having obtained permission from Stanley to use extracts from various old catalogs, I have now updated this page to include several supporting illustrations.

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Thank you very much.

Nice catch, SG! -- I just goofed there!

The marking is indeed very faint, but I think you are right -- I will re-do that pic.

Thank you once again, SG.

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Web page updated to incorporate various suggestions. Thanks for all the input.

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Thanks Stewie. As you can see from my web page their genesis is quite murky. The commencement of their manufacture is often quoted as "the early 1930s". For sure by 1934 because they are listed as...

Vintage Stanley Plastic handled chisels are not covered by John Walter in his "Antique & Collectible Stanley Tools: Guide to Identity & Value" (Second Edition 1996). However, large quantities were...

Brylcreem would be better -- it can also be used for greasing screws! :)

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Actually the No. 60 chisels depicted in Jon Zimmer's photo and here ..........


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.......... were introduced in 1930 and were originally stamped this way.
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Pre-WWII?

That is a very nice gesture, Ern. I am sure it will be much appreciated and cherished.

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Thank you for the response, Stewie -- please excuse my tardy reply. The reason for my question is that I had read that Stanley plastic handled socket chisels were stamped on the sockets...