I just saw the coolest chest I've ever seen in person! The studley chest is much better, but I didn't get to lay my hands on those tools.
I was getting my mattock back from my neighbor (that he borrowed a few years ago) and during the conversation we started talking about old tools. He asked if I'd ever seen the chest he had with the old tools. I was picturing a small tote with a bunch of turn of the century and later tools.
His mother or grandmother was an antique dealer. He ended up with a large chest of almost pristine condition tools. The chest isn't fancy, no dovetails or any special joinery. It looks like it measures 24x24x36 or so. Brass corners and handles, wood wheeled casters. They're using it as a coffee table now. When he opened it my jaw couldn't drop any further.
The top opened up with a nice bowsaw attached. There were two trays with some tools that I didn't recognize at all, some measuring tools, and some huge square cut nails. I couldn't see a speck of rust on anything. Lots of planes inside, all wood. At first guess I think the original owner made windows judging by the type of wood rabbit planes and the shape of the cuts they'd make.
I'm guessing that the tools haven't been used since the 1870's or earlier. There wasn't anything in there that I'd even consider remotely modern, except for a wrench and a couple other pieces maybe.
Hopefully I'll be photographing the contents in the near future. There was some really cool stuff in there!
I was getting my mattock back from my neighbor (that he borrowed a few years ago) and during the conversation we started talking about old tools. He asked if I'd ever seen the chest he had with the old tools. I was picturing a small tote with a bunch of turn of the century and later tools.
His mother or grandmother was an antique dealer. He ended up with a large chest of almost pristine condition tools. The chest isn't fancy, no dovetails or any special joinery. It looks like it measures 24x24x36 or so. Brass corners and handles, wood wheeled casters. They're using it as a coffee table now. When he opened it my jaw couldn't drop any further.
The top opened up with a nice bowsaw attached. There were two trays with some tools that I didn't recognize at all, some measuring tools, and some huge square cut nails. I couldn't see a speck of rust on anything. Lots of planes inside, all wood. At first guess I think the original owner made windows judging by the type of wood rabbit planes and the shape of the cuts they'd make.
I'm guessing that the tools haven't been used since the 1870's or earlier. There wasn't anything in there that I'd even consider remotely modern, except for a wrench and a couple other pieces maybe.
Hopefully I'll be photographing the contents in the near future. There was some really cool stuff in there!
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