condeesteso
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I've had an old Stanley brace for ages, but recently saw a MF on eBay and couldn't resist. I am a fan of Millers Falls tools, could be verging on a collector. It's a real cracker and I suppose they are not common in the UK but it's a really well made thing.
That's the ebay pic, it's better in real life, the top bun looks a bit shabby there but it's very clean indeed, the whole brace looks virtually unused with perfect heavy nickel plate, and that special MF red wood they used, glowing nicely. I particularly like the red wood - not to be confused with the more common redwood. I believe red wood was native to Green Fields, Mass. and is now extinct. That's the main reason MF ceased trading, they ran out of red wood.
The ratchet is excellent, chuck very precise, bearings all really smooth. Top marks to good old Millers Falls.
That's the ebay pic, it's better in real life, the top bun looks a bit shabby there but it's very clean indeed, the whole brace looks virtually unused with perfect heavy nickel plate, and that special MF red wood they used, glowing nicely. I particularly like the red wood - not to be confused with the more common redwood. I believe red wood was native to Green Fields, Mass. and is now extinct. That's the main reason MF ceased trading, they ran out of red wood.
The ratchet is excellent, chuck very precise, bearings all really smooth. Top marks to good old Millers Falls.