Today was the official kickoff for the Jacktown Blue Mountain Spring
2023 Flea Market.  I got there around 6:30 AM after a quick stop at
another flea market and the weather was cloudy and in the 50's.  There
were a lot more vendors there today than yesterday and things got busy
pretty fast.

It got misty there, but not raining thankfully.

http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2023/jacktownspring05202023d2f1.jpg

There were a lot more vendors than yesterday, but the place wasn't
filled to capacity as in previous years.

http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2023/jacktownspring05202023d2f2.jpg

Folks were setup in the exhibition areas as well.

http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2023/jacktownspring05202023d2f3.jpg

I made a quick stop at the Saylorsburg Flea market which is on the way
to Jacktown and got that Spofford brace and a 1 1/4" corner close. 
Pickings at Jacktown were steady, I got a Stanley SW bevel, an early
Disston bevel, an English screw lock pivot blade bevel, a small
turnscrew, an Osborne belt end punch, an Osborne oval or slot punch, a
Starrett No. 490 combination square protractor head, a Starrett depth
gage, a Bemis & Call patented saw set, a Sargent round leather belt
pliers, and a couple of cobbler's lasting pliers.

http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2023/jacktownspring05202023d2t1.jpg

I had promised myself not to overload the knapsack, but that didn't
happen..sigh.  There is an Emir jointer's mallet, a big burl stone
cutter's mallet, a 2 1/2 lb straight peen hammer head, that might have
some problems, a small saw setting wrest, a W Butcher No. 1 cooper's
adze head, a hand forged round groove tin seamer, a big C Brombacker NY
gimlet with a 2 tone rosewood handle, a jointer's hammer head, a hand
forged curved face blacksmith upset tool, and a short, but usable froe.

http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2023/jacktownspring05202023d2t2.jpg

Let's just say that I have LOTS of work to done....

Tony (Day 2 in the bag, one more early morning, then I can sleep a little)


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Tony,

> On May 20, 2023, at 12:36 PM, Tony Seo via groups.io 
wrote:
> 
> I got there around 6:30 AM after a quick stop at
> another flea market and the weather was cloudy and in the 50's.  There
> were a lot more vendors there today than yesterday and things got busy
> pretty fast.

> I made a quick stop at the Saylorsburg Flea market which is on the way
> to Jacktown

You KNOW you are an addict when you find yourself stopping at more than one flea
market in a day.

But, it's all right; you're among friends here. We've all got it.

Whimsically Yours,
John Ruth

On 5/20/2023 2:46 PM, John Ruth wrote:

> You KNOW you are an addict when you find yourself stopping at more than one
flea market in a day.

That's nothing new.  For over 20 years now, when Saylorsburg is open
(April till the end of Oct, used to be the week before Thanksgiving), I
hit there first and then head over to the Orwigsburg flea market.

It used to be I could get some decent volume at Saylorsburg and then
over at Orwigsburg which is at the best 1/3rd of the size, I could
always find some really good tools, maybe not volume wise, but just real
good stuff.

Nowadays, it's crap shoot at both places, and it is a 100 mile round trip.

But I keep on keeping on, as the old hippie saying goes....

Tony (are we there yet?)

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