Today was the kick off for the summer Jacktown Steam Engine Show.  This 
is a three day show, but there were vendors and show folks there as of 
yesterday.  I dragged out early and made it there by 7:00 AM.  Traffic 
wasn't too bad heading in.  The weather is calling for very hot (over 
90F) today.  It was around 70F when I got there with the humidity to 
match.  Yesterday's rains made for a few muddy spots, but the heavy dew 
made for shoe soaking kinda morning.

Firing it up early in the morning.

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Couple of field shots

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Pickings weren't too bad. Nothing off the charts but still a decent 
run.  A number of vendors hadn't set up yet when I got there.  There is 
a user crafted sash fillester plane, a set of 1/2" tongue and groove 
planes by J Lovell of Cummington MA (2 star maker in terms of rarity), 
wood scraper plane with a brass sole, pair of wood spoke shaves, set 3 
offset gun stock carving tools made in Germany, and a German chisel for 
making cabinet hinge mortises,

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 From the department of old and rusty, there is a hand forged eel gig, a 
bodger's draw knife hand forged from an old file, a big cooper's bung 
auger also made from a while, an early carpenter's adze head, and a pair 
of blacksmith anvil hardies.

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Long early hand forged pot hook, Stanley No. 984 corner brace, a small 
awl, possibly a Stanley, pair of early Stanley bevel squares that need 
some work, a clean 6" Millers Falls combination square, a Stanley SW No. 
36 1/2 carpenter's caliper rule, a neat old Pat Pend multi tool that 
needs some de-painting, a P. S. & W. patented C-clamp, and a jewelers 
cross peen hammer with the original handle.

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Let me add, the old knapsack used for these larger events was pretty 
darn heavy.  The ride back was fraught with road construction, idiot 
drivers, along with a couple of kamikaze white tail deep.  Sigh... I 
will be heading back tomorrow for a clean up pass.

Tony (lets just say on these tips, the destination definitely wins out 
over the journey)

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