Spent a bit of gas, and a bit of change for today's morning hunt.   Picked a nest of saws, five blades, one handleTwo panel style blades, two keyholes and a backsaw blade.  seem to be fairly sharp...lack of use?

Sitting beside that was a 24" long, wooden levelEverything seems to work on it.  All the screws are there, and all the BrassBrass ends and all.   Stanley SW #3 24" level.   Vials are intact, too.  Went to pay for these two items, holding in one hand so I could pay with the other.   lady looked at just the price tag on the saws....$1   SOLD!  

Next place in the hunt, there was a funny looking handle sticking out on a table. Pulled the handle out, to find a hacksaw attached to it!All the wat from Darrington CONN, USA mind you.  Even has a bit of an etch!  Price?   $0.50

All I need to do is start the derusting.    Not too bad for a slow day at the Hunt?  For a "Bandit"?

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You made out well.

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John Moody
Site Administratorhttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
“Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.†Shaker Saying

Hope you were wearing your "bandit mask" when you got the first bunch. What a steal!!

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Lew Kauffman-
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Nice find on the level Steve.

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Ron Dudelston
Site Administrator

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Almost forgot, I picked up an UGLY PLAID BUCKET today, for $3Ahhhh,yeah.   Something to ice down the beer in?  But wait, there IS moreYou see, it happens to be filled to the brim with all kinds of goodies.   Even a new set of scrollsaw blade clamps, about 40 or so NEW scrollsaw blades.  Several screwdriver bits, and a few drill bits, sabresaw blades, a couple of plastic calipers, and an un-opened pack of needle files.   Add in a few boxes of screws. and other hardware....might be worth the $3??

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Two updates on the saws:

Hacksaw has been IDed   Union Hardware Co.   of Torrington, CONN, USA     Found it's look-a-like on Feebay, BIN price was $1400..........Ooooooooo,Kay....

Nest of saws:   Backsaw has a "etch" of sorts,   Large letters inside a box.    ECLIPSE inside the box.    Looks like they were used for just the keyhole saws.  Both were bent a bit, and had plaster on them.   The small skew back blade is almost like new, just rusty.   There is a narrower panel saw style blade, also almost un-used.   Both have very SHARP teeth on them.    Backsaw has very small teeth, maybe around 15 ppi or more.  Blade is straight, but a bit rusty.    trying to de-rust these blades.  

Hacksaw has a very RUSTY blade in it,  may get a new one.  No, the rusty one is not the OEM one.

level:  Will have to get with Moody on what colour to refinish it in.   Looks like it was red, at some time.   Do I take the brass cover plates off to clean around the vials, or leave alone?  Will do a little looking around about those SW levels. 

Not too bad a day,  but I am beat.   Been back to work, finally, after five weeks on the DL.   Got to work the next four nights, @ 12 hour shifts.   So much for easing back into things...

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