While walking around the flea market this morning, there one seller 
who had a few interesting tools that I grabbed, but then he mentioned 
that he had this tool chest.  He mainly brought it to 
show.  According to the people he got it from the original owner had 
worked as a carpenter for a circus around the turn of the century 
(19th into the 20th.)  My guess this was constructed more around 1920 
or so based on some of the tools.  But what a treasure trove.

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The only thing I didn't see were planes but there are two drawers on 
the one side that I didn't look in.  They wouldn't have been big 
planes but, who knows.  My guess is that the guy was primarily a wood 
carver but did a lot of other work as well.  There is a big round or 
heading knife for leather work but I didn't see any other leather 
tools.  The copper coated square is a Duby & Shinn 1902 Patent 
Carpenters square.  That was plated originally but the plating on 
those was very thin or weak and most of the time you find them, the 
copper wash coat is showing.

I don't know if anything in there was cleaned or not.  But this is a 
neat old tool chest and these fitted ones do not show up very 
often.  The seller did mention a price that he might consider ($3000) 
but I think even that is cheap and he wasn't really trying to move it.

Enjoy

Tony (who would have loved to brought it back here but........)


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