It appears Bill, that your spending was far in excess of my spending, thus
keeping in balance equilibrium in the world of the efficient "old tool dollar
economy".  My youngest daughter, as typical, was with me.  Not typical, was the
Mrs. Tony Z, sitting in the corridor leading to the restrooms, asking "What so-
called treasures did you have to buy today?", as I walked out to leave.  "Not
much, didn't really need anything", I replied.  "Good" she said, "you have
enough and you're learning that you do".

Fooled that woman!  Now she won't examine me so closely at my future tool
forays.  Oh, and buy the way, I did have a "minty" steel Stanley block plane
hidden in my jacket pocket (for the new grandsons), as well as a tiny anvil.  My
daughter remained quiet, giving me a knowing look behind her mother's back.

T.Z.

Anthony M. Zaffuto
Metaltech, Inc.
(814) 375-9399


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> On Apr 1, 2015, at 9:21 PM, Bill Webber  wrote:
> 
> Gracious Galoots.
> 
> Yeah, I said that.  I should have posted this gloat earlier; last fall
actually.  Anyway, last fall, at the dealer show in Camp Hill, I got hooked up
with a dealer who had a tool chest, yadda, yadda... To make a long story short,
as they say, I went to visit, liked what I saw, and made the purchase.  At the
show last week I added a few more nice things; a set of planes in a box and the
deceased planemakers tools.  I have been having trouble with my camera phone.  I
don't know why some of the pics came out in black and white.  Oh well, enjoy.
> 
> The tool box:
> http://billwebber.g
alootcentral.com/April1-2.JPG
> http://billwebber.g
alootcentral.com/April1-1.JPG
> The set of planes:
> http://billwebber.g
alootcentral.com/1503-020.JPG
> The plane maker's tools, mostly floats and chisels
> http://billwebber.g
alootcentral.com/1503-021.JPG
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bill W.
> In sunny downtown Nottingham, PA
> 
>> On 3/28/2015 8:13 AM, Anthony Seo wrote:
>> "What are you doing here?"  That seemed to be the question of the day as I
made a quick run down to the spring Brown Tool Auction dealer sale in Camp Hill
PA yesterday.  Which I guess was warranted as this was the first one that I have
been down to (spring and fall) in a few years.  But I came, I saw, I bought.
>> 
>> Had a Tony Z sighting, Bill Weber and his lovely were there, as well as Walt
and Mary Henderson.
>> 
>> The sales floor was reasonably full, with most of the usual suspects being
present.  I was waiting at one table to complete a purchase when a guy comes up
and starts asking about center point bits.  I said that it wasn't my table and
he said that he knew, he wanted to know if I had any at my table....  Nice to be
remembered eh?
>> 
>> ht
tp://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/browns03272015a.jpg
>> 
>> This is a shot of the auction area but I didn't go in.
>> 
>> ht
tp://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/browns03272015b.jpg
>> 
>> Pickings were good for what I was looking for and wanting to spend. Number of
chisels and a few chip carving knives.  The square in the upper right corner is
a Charles Smith patent, Pat. No. 760,031 granted on May 17, 1904.
>> 
>> h
ttp://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/browns03272015t1.jpg
>> 
>> Couple neat items here here, the brace is a Stanley X-3 6 inch sweep, that
needs some attention but well worth the price of admission.  The thing with the
2 legs and wing nut is marked Pat 1903 and the legs are ruled on one side. That
will take some research and some cleaning but it is different.
>> 
>> h
ttp://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/browns03272015t2.jpg
>> 
>> All in all I was pretty happy with the pile.  Then it was on the road and on
the run back to the shop.  Of course, this time of year, I-81 looks like the
A-10 Warthogs out of Fort Indiantown Gap, have been using it for carpet bombing
practice.  But you will have this.
>> 
>> Tony (all in a day's tools, eh?)
> 
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