Antique Tools. Any Expertise?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/03/2016 at 16:32 • Filed to: None

Helping an Old Guy move. I’m guessing these date from the early maybe 1910 or 1920. Is any of this stuff worth getting excited about? Rush job photographing with the potato-cam.

DISCUSSION (17)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/03/2016 at 16:40

Excited about? Probably not. That looks like a decent tap set, though, and the woodworking tools including the clamps are absolutely quality items that some kind of furniture-maker type would love to have.

WiscoProud > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/03/2016 at 16:48

If you’re into woodworking those would be quite desirable. Many of the old tools were simply built to a higher standard than what’s commonly available now. Personally I’d take all of it off his hands.

If you’re not into wood working, snag the tap and die set. They're incredibly useful.

Berang > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/03/2016 at 17:14

The tool chest itself is pretty awesome. Just needs to have the outside stripped and re-lacquered.

Frenchlicker > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/03/2016 at 18:36

Old tools that are still useful are always something to get excited about. Wait, can you get them for free?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Frenchlicker
06/03/2016 at 18:38

No. I need to sell them for the guy.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/03/2016 at 18:48

They look much later than the 1920's. As RR said the tap and die set looks complete and worth a few dollars if sold to the right person, but again it’s a later set, maybe 70/80's due to the plastic case.

Personally, I'd buy the lot, but there's a great big pile of water in between us.

Frenchlicker > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/03/2016 at 19:28

Oh, to the right person they may be worth a little bit. But finding that right person can be a pain.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
06/03/2016 at 21:33

That tap and die set is a red herring.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/03/2016 at 22:53

There’s some good stuff there, although I doubt it’s worth much money.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
06/03/2016 at 23:24

Yours is an opinion I was particularly looking for on this. Everybody got stuck on that stupid tap and die set... Do you think there might be $400 there? If I could figure out what a fair price would be, I might just offer him some money. I don’t want to pay the picker’s resale price, but I don’t want to take advantage of the old guy, either.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/04/2016 at 04:22

I really don’t collect old hand tools, so I’m honestly guessing here, but $400 is may be top, top, top dollar if you parted it all out individually on eBay. A lot of those hand tools are still around, because they were so well made, so they aren’t as rare and valuable as people think. I know there are forums for this stuff, you could probably get a better idea there.

It was kinda funny to read the comments and see people get hung up on the tap and die set. As if people don’t buy tools throughout their lifetime? I have my great grandfather’s tools, some of them are really beautiful hand tools, but there are also shitty screw drivers from the 70's, and a POS 1/2" ratchet from Montgomery Ward’s.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
06/04/2016 at 09:12

Same. I thought I’d offer the guy $200 or maybe $250.

And I want to keep the tools, not part them out.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
06/04/2016 at 09:16

How's that Roadmaster running?

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/04/2016 at 09:20

That’s reasonable. You can get some good use out of those if you get into woodworking.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/04/2016 at 09:25

Finally got a chance to dig into the Rallycross damage yesterday. Needs a new radiator, plus a patch in one on the oil cooler lines, and I’m going to have to beat/pull the bottom of the core support back in place.

Kinja'd!!!

The radiator got pushed back when I stuck the front end into a section of motor cross whoops, the oil cooler line got crushed against the steering box, and the part of the tank that the cooler line’s fitting attached to cracked and dumped every last bit of coolant out.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
06/04/2016 at 09:45

Abuse!

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/04/2016 at 12:23

Yep.