Timeless Tools
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Tool Research |
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Do your research before buying! There are a number of random items
turning up on auction sites that are not always what you may think. If
however, that is what you are after, then grab yourself a tool that you
want, although the strength may not be as good as you may wish. I would
consider many as display or re-ennactment tools, not actually safe for
use.
Many have been chopped up to retain a well know makers logo like Brades, Elwell, Whitehouse etc. |
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Being sold as a leather tool, when it is a lawn edger |
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Rare fire mans axe, almost certainly has had two blades welded to the spike. |
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Brades hammer axe, this has had the claws removed and a blade welded to the back |
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This is a Yorkshire billhook, - so should look more like this, which
means the cutting edge will not be as sharp you might like. It is not a
chisel! Spear and Jackson did not make a chisel of this size, and never with a door handle on the end! |
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Often sold as a "Viking" style axe, but has been polished up and section chopped out. |
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Many that look like this started life as a kent axe and have been chopped up. |
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A broken billhook, reshaped |
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This is a chopped up putty knife, but sold as a tool for leather work |
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Froe made from a chopper, with 2" tube welded to end - so it started life looking like this. |
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