OK, I*ll toss in my most recent. Its smithing stuff so it doesn*treally
fit into the neat-old-tool-at-gloatable-price but I*m reallyhappy with
the usefulness and what I paid.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../6993083773/in/photostream

A smith I know from the local association was moving her (yes,her)
shopand was culling what didn*t need to be moved. 7 scrolling jigs (held
invise while hot steel is bent around for matching parts), pair of
tongsand a user made swage block/bolster that is just about perfect for
mylittle smithy. Here it is mounted on my old anvil stand (I KNEW
I*dfind another use for that)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../6844844900/in/photostream/

I*d been looking for a swage and despairing the shipping costs even ifI
could find one for cheap.

the pair of Andrew Jackson's in my wallet was all it took, and shetossed
in a mostly full bag of coal too.

Michael S-still frightening the neighbors

-----Original Message----- From: James Thompson <oldmillrat@m...> To:
oldtools List <oldtools@r...> Sent: Thu, Apr 19, 2012 9:14 am Subject:
[OldTools] Gloats

Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? Or are we just
notfinding tools to gloat over? I haven't seen any decent gloating here
in so longthat I can't remember the last one. Are all the tools now
collected?

Seems that our posts now refer to tool finds at "ungloatable" prices.
Istill go to estate sales, but rarely find good stuff at good prices.

As Merle Haggard asked, "Are the good times really over at last?"

James Thompson, the Old Millrat in Riverside CA

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