Scouse
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After months of going to the car boot sale and finding nothing worth a pineapple, except for a Stanley type 13 smoother (more about which in a moment), it was finally worth the trip today. Must have been the weather, but it was literally twice the size it normally is.
Anyway, this was the haul
Absolutely mint Mitutoyo micrometer for £2.50 was a nice find, but there was an old bloke with his wife and about a dozen or more crates of tools, sorted into types, chisels, hammers etc, but all jumbled up, simply asking for £1 for 3 of anything regardless of what it was. So home with me came a Marples mortise chisel, unnamed caliper, Moore and Wright calipers, all three for a pound and an Eclipse saw set, Ford adjustable wrench and a smaller one by King **** (which has been making me smirk all afternoon!) again all three for a pound.
Saving the best for last though was a rusty but ok USA sweetheart blade of roughly the type that was originally in my type 13 no.4.
I felt like a lottery winner, or possibly Jimi! :wink: :mrgreen:
Anyway, this was the haul
Absolutely mint Mitutoyo micrometer for £2.50 was a nice find, but there was an old bloke with his wife and about a dozen or more crates of tools, sorted into types, chisels, hammers etc, but all jumbled up, simply asking for £1 for 3 of anything regardless of what it was. So home with me came a Marples mortise chisel, unnamed caliper, Moore and Wright calipers, all three for a pound and an Eclipse saw set, Ford adjustable wrench and a smaller one by King **** (which has been making me smirk all afternoon!) again all three for a pound.
Saving the best for last though was a rusty but ok USA sweetheart blade of roughly the type that was originally in my type 13 no.4.
I felt like a lottery winner, or possibly Jimi! :wink: :mrgreen:
