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| Saturday's haul. |
Less than twenty bucks, done by 9:00 am, no rain, nine items, 28 photos.
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| 1 Euro for these awesome old tailor's scissors. |
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| I think I got these three for 7 Euros. Expensive. |
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| The mortice chisel turns out to be Peugeot. This should be a good one. |
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| 8mm Voltus? |
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| 1/4" chisel by Two Cherries. |
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| How about some out-of-order action? I think this handle isn't original to the gouge. |
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| Nice shallow sweep. |
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| A little rusty, but a British chisel. |
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| Here it is, 50 Euro cents. |
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| This chisel was 1 Euro. Another nice and narrow one. |
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| I have never heard of this before. Matador, and the back of the handle is stamped, Ulmia. |
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| Hefty for such a narrow chisel. |
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| This pair was two Euros. |
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| More non-orignial handles. But, I really like the octagonal one. |
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| Nice and thin. One of them might be bent, I am not sure. |
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| Another expensive lot, 7 Euros. |
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| I have no regular drill bits for a brace. Now I have three! |
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| This is what I really wanted, a countersink. And, there were four! |
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| A little grubby, we'll see how they clean up. |
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| The obligatory gimlet bit. This one could be nice. |
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| I soaked them all in a water bath with citric acid to remove the rust. |
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| The gouge says, "Herring Bros., London" |
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| Three out of four of these look really nice! |
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| I completely took the scissors apart, cleaned them up and sharpened ala Paul Sellers. |
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| I couldn't see this with all the crud. It says, "Flexo, garantee." |
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| They now work perfectly. A little rough on the handle. I might paint and coat with epoxy for comfort. |
Hi Brian,
ReplyDeletenice findings. I like the countersinks.
It seems that citric acid is working pretty well against the rust.
How are your experiences with it? I have used it in the past to remove zinc from hinges to give them a pure and old look.
Hi Stefan,
DeleteI really like citric acid for rust removal, and for zinc removal. The only problem is it often leaves a gray finish on items if there is nothing else on them to protect them. The scissors came out of the bath with a pretty rough texture on the handles. Other than that, I find it a pretty low-impact method.
I'll give it a try. I have still to remove the rust from the brace I found at the flea market two or three weeks ago.
DeleteAt least it should work for the chuck.
You can try vinegar too. I put a plastic tub with vinegar in it out in the warm sun, and that works good for me. Here's a picture I took soaking a couple things:
ReplyDeletehttp://i.imgur.com/oAUodS2.jpg
It lifted all of the rust right off that saw blade.
Thanks, Paul. I'll give it a try next time.
DeleteAbout that Ulmia "Matador" chisel. I know that some German manufacturer exported line of tools specifically for the South American market. I have an Axe stamped Casco, which was made in W Germany by Helko.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I wonder how it wound up back in a Munich flea market!
DeleteI googled "Matador" and got a company that makes tools completely unrelated to what I was looking at. It might be fun to dig a little deeper.
BTW I agree whole heartily with your restoration process. To me if I cannot restore a tool into working order, I'm not interested. They have to earn their keep in my tool chest. I only do what is necessary, not trying to make them looking like new.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Bob
I like nice, shiny tools. If I can get them that way, all the better, but it needs to be functional first and foremost.
DeleteI google ulmia matador chisel and look what I found
ReplyDeletehttp://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/arns.phtml
Cheers
Bob
Thanks for that, Bob! I hadn't heard of this one before.
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