Fine Tool JournalHere comes my RSS infohttps://finetoolauctions.com/1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00FeedCreator 1.7.37504-3121970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25159/7504-3127504-312 Tool handle. Brass fittings and turned exotic wood handle with brass jaws. 5" long, leather thong, missing tool insertions. Good (JCI2021) 30-607504-3081970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25155/7504-3087504-308 M&S broad axe. 11" edge with 32" straight handle, light surface rust and some water damage to varnish on handle. Axe stamp says "M&S Cast Steel" and handle has a stamp that looks like "Hartwell." Goo (BLN017) 30-607504-3061970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25153/7504-3067504-306 Drawknife. Appears to be smith made, 8-1/2" blade with offset cross wooden handles, metal and wood both clean. Good+ (HNK410) 30-607504-3051970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25152/7504-3057504-305 Lot of three iron edge tools. Two long burning irons, 20" and 14", with loops on end, smith made. And a 15" long hammer with 7" head, looped end of handle. Good (HNK463) 25-507504-3041970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25151/7504-3047504-304 Lot of six valve adjusters. Screwdrivers with notches filed in the end to fit over valve stems, various makers and sizes, wood and metal clean on all. Good (HNK418) 40-807504-3021970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25149/7504-302*7504-302 Lot of two gimlets. Both unsigned, one with a 5-1/2" long blade, the other with a 7" long square blade. Wood and metal are both clean, good. Good (HNK438) 20-407504-3011970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25148/7504-3017504-301 Curved froe. 12" blade with 7-1/2" original handle. Metal has surface corrosion and some small chips. Wooden handle worn, held in place at eye with several nails, inactive worm. Good (HNK460) 35-707504-3001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25147/7504-3007504-300 Cast iron hoop splitter. 2-1/2" edge, 12" overall with pointed tip at splitting end and bulbous end of cast iron handle. Good (HNK454) 35-707504-2941970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25141/7504-2947504-294 Six cast iron tools. Three splitting wedges, one hook for the end of a pike, and two unidentified tools, all unmarked and made by a blacksmith. Metal oxidized but no rust for fitting. Overall good. Good (HNK415) 50-1007504-2931970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25140/7504-293*7504-293 Lot of eight small steel cutters. Approximately 2" long, unmarked, different profiles. Good (HNK420) 20-407504-2921970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25139/7504-2927504-292 Primitive cast iron scraper. Comprised of two plates with convex matching blades, spaced apart and adjustable with square-head screws. Has two handles that rotate on either side, possibly once had wood at end but long gone. Clearly a special-purpose tool of some kind. Well made with surface oxidation and blade still sharp. Unusual. Good (HNK422) 50-1007504-2891970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25136/7504-2897504-289 G. & G. HOLLIDAY leather skiver. Cast iron base with removable plate that contains the edge, with spring-mounted plate above that allows the leather to be pulled through one way against the edge, adjusted up and down with brass knurled thumbscrews. Unusual and well made. Also marked "Lynn" below maker's mark. Good+ (HNK) 100-2007504-2051970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25052/7504-205*7504-205 Turnscrew. Unmarked, 24" long overall with 16" blade, handle revarnished. Good (UCR) 15-307504-2031970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25050/7504-2037504-203 Lot of auger tools. T-handled auger, 18" long, 2" in diameter, unmarked. And a GREENLEE TOOL CO. No. 900 bit extender in its original case. And eight miscellaneous auger and drill bits, all approximately 18 inches long. Some surface rust. Good (RSK011) 30-607504-2021970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25049/7504-2027504-202 Lot of three fixed handle edge tools. Two cooper chamfer shaves: a 3" curved blade by W. H. GREAVES & SONS, and the other unmarked with 5" straight edge. Plus an L & IJ WHITE 14" drawknife, clean. Mild wear to all. Good (JFS443) 40-807504-2011970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25048/7504-2017504-201 Lot of four fixed handle drawknives. A 6" one marked OHIO TOOL CO., and an 8" one marked JAMES SWAN, both overall very clean. Plus a 7" concave-shaped smith-made one with overall pitting, and a smith-made made one with two separate concave profiles, 7" wide. Good & better (JFS441) 50-1007504-2001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25047/7504-2007504-200 Lot of three fixed handle cooper's drawknives. One with 1-5/8" adjustable blade, one 15" across with 1" double-sided blade, and one 11-1/2" across with one inch fixed blade, all unmarked, metal overall clean. Good+ (JFS444) 40-807504-1991970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25046/7504-1997504-199 Lot of three large drawknives. One with 9" blade by D.R. BARTON with tin edge protector. One with 12" blade, marked 1837, by L & IJ WHITE. And one with 12" edge by GREENLEE with leather edge protector. All with fixed wooden handles, overall clean with mild wear. Good (JFS442) 50-1007504-1981970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25045/7504-1987504-198 Lot of three drawknives. One with an 8-1/2" edge by HUBBARD & CURTIS MFG. CO. A 10-inch one, unmarked, one crack in handle. And one with a 6-inch edge by GREENLEE. All with fixed wooden handles. Wood and metal overall. clean. Good & better (JFS439) 40-807504-1971970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25044/7504-1977504-197 Lot of four drawknives. One with 9" edge by P.S. & W. CO., one with 8" edge by WITHERBY, one with 8" edge by KEEN KUTTER, and one with 8" edge marked "Cut Easy." All with fixed wooden handles, wood and metal clean. Good+ (JFS438) 60-1207504-1871970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/25034/7504-1877504-187 CHARLES BUCK drawknife. 7" blade with fixed wooden handles. Metal has light corrosion but is sharp. Handles are fine. Good (PBU182) 30-607504-1351970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/24982/7504-1357504-135 Lot of two t-handled augers. 1-5/8" diameter by THOMAS DISSTON & COMPANY. The other 1" diameter by P&W MCCLELLAN, London. Metal clean, both missing handles. Both 27" long. Good (HNK455) 30-607504-1341970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/24981/7504-1347504-134 Lot of two shingle making tools. T-handled slick with 4-1/8" blade, 31" long, marked Blair Co., Berlin, CT. The other is a shingle ripper with D handle, 28" long, 4" blade, unmarked. Good ( HNK461) 40-807504-1331970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/24980/7504-1337504-133 Lot of two bark spuds. Both unmarked and roughly 30" long, one is solid iron with D handle, the other with wooden handle. Good (HNK459) 30-607504-1321970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/index.php/current-auction/auction-list/viewbids/24979/7504-1327504-132 HORTON drawknife. 26" overall with fixed wooden handles, blade marked Horton, 191 Lewis Street, metal overall clean with some small chips in the blade. Good (HNK439) 25-50