At 01:35 PM 9/21/2014, Michael Blair wrote:
>Honestly, I like this one better than the Studley.  Not that the 
>Studley isn't a tour de force, and far more astonishing.  I guess I 
>like that this is a workman's tool chest that carries everything he 
>uses in his day to day work.  Some appear to have been modified for 
>his use -- like
>the really short saws (what does anybody know about the saw with the 
>wood and brass handle?  I've seen another handle like this, but 
>don't recognize it otherwise.)

The handle could have been modified as well.  But that alone is 
fantastic bit of craftsman ship.

>He has taken a couple of crating hammers and elevated them too 
>craftsman's tools.  Interesting.  And the brace?  That's not factory 
>made.  Oh, the metal parts are, but the wood is shop made.

Because of how it was on the table and how it opened I couldn't get a 
good straight on shot of that panel.  If you look down on the left of 
the drawers there is another brace stuck in there.  I think the 
hacksaw with the chain drive is pretty neat.   That's another one of 
those things that I have never seen before.

>While I couldn't have resisted opening the drawers, I doubt that 
>they hold planes.

Hard to say.  I had seen this first in the early light and asked the 
guy if I could come back for the pics which he allowed.  Things were 
getting busy and well I'm glad that he did.

>Yeah, 3K doesn't sound like much for this amazing chest of tools.

Oh believe me, right place, right time, this is worth 3X to 4X 
that.  Just that I ain't got that much walking around (or burying me 
sorry arse in the ground for that matter) money at present.

But you will have this....

Tony (back to the grind of the day...)



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