My wife pointed this out to me a little bit ago. We use "juice glasses" around here for many things. We have some of these and if you look closely, this glass was a 50th anniversary glass from the Ball Glass company...1933-1983. You might say that has been around for a while now.
A while back, I got into acquiring and refurbishing Disston saws. I have several dating from turn of the 19th-20th century. I also learned how to sharpen them by myself. That skill makes round-file sharpening chainsaw chain seem like child's play, so I'm grateful for the time and effort I put into learning.
I love glassware. I always come home with a box full from the thrift shop! Made some good money off some too, including old blue Ball glass jars.
D-7, 1878-1888 D-8, 1896-1917 D-23 1940-1947 And the crown jewel, a 1896-1917 vintage back saw in nearly new condition. It cuts as good (or better?) as the day it was made. I use this and the D-8 on and every-day basis in my woodshop!
NICE!! I have a handful of old Disston saws. One of them is over 100 years old based on the medallion. I need to get good files to sharpen them and a tooth setter. Love old stuff!
Old pic of me and BCPLLC , back in the day.... (I'm on the left, he's on the right, my cousin Shane is in the middle). We're standing in front of the "party van" aka "shaggin wagon" - the first vehicle I ever bought. I think we were 15 or 16 in this pic. Rich collects a lot of cool old stuff. Bet he's got a few pics to add to the thread.
I love old stuff.....especially REALLY old stuff, I've got quite a bit of it. Here's my fireplace shovel, forged out of a single piece of iron. I had to repair the one ram's horn, other than that it's all original. Came from New England, Circa 1760.....
Yes, very interesting indeed. I have a bunch, mostly tool related too. I am interested in early tools. This English Sheffield anvil is from around the 1850's. I have a few beech planes with English irons in them from again mid 1800's. More planes from mid 1800's. This post vise is most likely English, pre 1825 based on the style. I think one of my two oldest pieces is a French colonial copper coin from 1630 to 1700ish. It had a fleur de lis visible on it when I found it. It was plainly seen in the green oxidized copper but wore away from handling over the years. There are some markings on the edge that may narrow it down. Last is a clay pipe bowl. I think it is colonial and hand made. Unsure if Native American. It is not as white as a manufactured clay pipe and no seam lines. It is just too natural looking. No stem is what confuses me.
