The first local carboot sale of the season was today, and I popped over to see if I could score some old tools. I was in need of a balpeen hammer to peen the tang of the next knife I want to build. Luckily I brought my girlfriend along. She has a sharp eye and spotted one nearly right away. At the same seller I got a large auger. Quite a nice score for a sunday morning! I was planning on making a footstool for under my desk out of a bit of the chestnut log I posted about earlier. The auger will come in handy to drill the holes for the legs.
Also, the other week I helped a good friend clear out a house. In the basement was a box of tools that were about to be thrown away, and I was told I could go through it and see if I could use anything. Besides some files and a hammer there were these two gems: a vice and a grinding wheel, both in a good state. The wheel needs to be trued, but isn`t all that wonky. I`ve ground some deep dings out of some old chisels on it, and it works very well indeed. It is nice, all these new old tools!
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