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SOLD: $10.00

Lot # 400

Stanley No. 35 smooth plane, my first antique tool.

Stanley No. 35 smooth plane, the first antique tool I ever bought and the one that led to 20,000 other tools over the next 28 years. Purchased at Pacific Auction, Longmont, CO, in the fall of 1981 for $7.50. It looked OK to me then, but it has a broken casting, the top of the tote is broken off, the chip breaker has chips all along its leading edge, and someone used it so much the plane had to be "re-soled" with a quarter-inch piece of beech. It is a fairly early one with the eagle trademark on the toe and the patent dates inside the brass adjustment nut. But it rates a weak Fair because of its problems. ($10-20).

SOLD: $30.00

Lot # 401

Ornately engraved brass dovetail saw.

Brass-backed dovetail saw with highly engraved brass handle. 5" blade, 8" overall. 28 points per inch. Good++. ($25-50).

SOLD: $20.00

Lot # 402

"Egg-beater" style screwdriver-drill.

Very unusual hand drill/screwdriver. Not marked. Collet-style chuck holds a 3-jaw chuck or screwdriver bits, which are stored in the hollow handle with drill bits. 9½". Good. ($30-50).

SOLD: $35.00

Lot # 403

Small iron hand drill.

8" cast iron hand drill w/ 1/8" collet-style chuck. 90% japanning. Early & Good+. ($30-50).

SOLD: $50.00

Lot # 404

Swan-neck mortise chisel.

Thos. Ibbotson Warranted. Swan-neck mortise chisel. 1/2" x 21". Good, with replaced handle. Still useable. ($30-50).

SOLD: $45.00

Lot # 405

Unusual 1886 wooden butt marking gauge.

PATd. FEB. 23, 1886. A wooden gauge (looks like birch) for marking butts, rabbets, mortises, and other general marking duties. At least 5 marking/measuring functions in a block about 1½"x2"x4". I've only seen one or two others like it. Good+. ($30-50).

SOLD: $30.00

Lot # 406

Knife sharpener: Patent Applied For

Pat. Apl’d For. Knife sharpener. Probably 1880s or thereabouts. Cast iron on wood base. Uses 2 pieces of file clamped between its jaws as the sharpening medium; one of those is missing, but easily replaced. Good. ($35-55).

SOLD: $45.00

Lot # 407

Perfection brass-cased plumb bob, 3½ lbs.

PERFECTION / PAT. PEND. on a brass-cased plumb bob with lead fill and steel point. 3½# (56 oz.), 2½” dia. x 5” long. Dings & dents. ($50-75).

SOLD: $30.00

Lot # 409

A “knork” for use by Civil War amputees.

A KNORK is a combination eating utensil that blends the features of a knife and a fork into one implement. Designed for use by amputees. Typically found as post-Civil War relics, because there were so many veterans of that war who had lost a hand or arm, but an idea that was probably around as early as the American Revolution. This one is obviously missing one of its three tines, otherwise in Very Good condition. ($50-75).

SOLD: $50.00

Lot # 410

1891 patent spirit-level for bits & squares.

Pat. Mar. 31.91. adjustable brass level for bit & square use. Pat. No. 449,609. Protractor on face allows adjusting for desired angle. Good. ($40-80).

SOLD: $50.00

Lot # 411

Stearns No. 84 bit & square level, in box.

E.C. Stearns & Co. No. 84 Bit & Square Level in taped picture box. Brass level is Fine. ($50-80).

SOLD: $45.00

Lot # 412

Pair of dated machinist's squares, 1865 and 1876.

Warranted / 1876 on one side of a 6" try square handle. Date appears again on other side with logo consisting of two barnyard fowl. High-quality job of fitting blade to handle. Other one is a similar 5" square, dated 1865 on the handle. Good+. ($35-70).

SOLD: $15.00

Lot # 413

Early hand-forged 1" tap for wood threads.

No markings on this very early 1" diameter tapered tap with 4½" threads per inch. 8" hand-forged iron shank fitted into wood handle. Clean with overall pitting. Great example. ($30-60).

SOLD: $30.00

Lot # 414

French hand adze.

Early French hand adze with 1" & 2" cutting edges, which are rounded rather than being straight across. Overall pitting, to be expected in a tool this old that was intended for hard use. Good. ($30-60).

SOLD: $50.00

Lot # 415

Millers Falls hand vise & tool holder.

Millers Falls Co. nickel-plated hand vise w/ hollow rosewood handle that stores 5 tool attachments. Handle can be repositioned on side of vise. Fine- condition. ($30-60).

SOLD: $25.00

Lot # 416

Stanley filletster-bed smooth plane.

I suppose this is one way to make use of a Stanley No. 41 filletster bed & its cutter-- modify it into a smooth plane. A pretty nice job. Another addition for your collection of novelties. ($40-90).

SOLD: $30.00

Lot # 417

Johnson & Taintor's 1869 patent push drill, in tin box.

JOHNSON & TAINTOR'S PAT. OCT. 5, 1869 push drill, in original tin box. Nickel-plated brass. Fine. ($50-100).

SOLD: $25.00

Lot # 418

Lot of 3 smallest-of-size wooden moulding planes.

Lot of 3 wooden planes that are about as small as you can get in their specialties: First is a 1/16" hollow by Shepley (1771-1805). Second is a Sandusky 3/16" side bead, a very small & delicate profile. Third is a French match plane ("coming-and-going" plane or "tongue-and-groove" plane) with a 1/16" cut (that's one-sixteenth of an inch!). It's a lttle rough. All in all, Good- to Good+. ($75-150).

SOLD: $30.00

Lot # 419

Ashcroft ratcheting breast drill with reciprocating action, 1910 patent.

The Ashcroft Mfg. Co. New York/ Pat. July 12 1910 // Patent No. 193407 of 1910. A ratcheting & reversible breast drill that also includes a reciprocating action. It took a while to figure out just what all it does and why it does it. The ratcheting action would come in handy in corners and other tight spots. Don't recall having seen another, but maybe I just wasn't looking. Good+. ($75-150)

SOLD: $20.00

Lot # 420

Millers Falls convertible breast drill, 1890 patent.

Millers Falls Pat. Feb. 18, 1890. An uncommon breast drill that is convertible to a ratcheting corner brace. Adjust to one of two speeds by sliding the handle/gear assembly along the keyed shaft. Handle is adjustable in length for torque or use in tight spaces. Breast pad can be repositioned at 90° to the main shaft. Good. ($45-90).

SOLD: $175.00

Lot # 421

Stanley Tools Guide to Identity & Value, hardback.

John Walter's 1996 2nd Edition of Antique & Collectible STANLEY TOOLS Guide to Identity & Value. Hard cover edition, with dust cover. Everything you ever wanted to know about Stanley's tools. 885 pages. It was $40 when it came out in '96; it's now long out-of-print, but offered by Internet book dealers for nearly four hundred bucks. This is a tight copy, no loose pages, light soiling on outside page edges, creased inner flaps on the dustcover. Overall in Good+ condition for a book that gets used a lot. ($75-125).

SOLD: $65.00

Lot # 422

Stanley Tools Guide to Identity & Value, softcover 1st edition.

John Walter's May 1991 1st Edition, third printing, of Antique & Collectible STANLEY TOOLS Guide to Identity & Value. Soft cover. Everything known about Stanley's tools, as of 1990. 455 pages. Cost $24.95 when it came out in '91. This book is sometimes referred to as the Stanley bible, so I guess this would be the Gutenberg edition. Tight copy with soiling on outside of the pages from being thumbed a lot. Front cover corners are tattered, as can be seen. Inside is clean with only about a dozen tools in the whole book circled in ink. ($50-90).

SOLD: $50.00

Lot # 423

Stanley No. 9½ block plane, 1880s.

L. Bailey's Patent Aug.6.67 Aug.31.58 Ex'd. on the cutter of a Stanley No. 9½ block plane w/ adjustable mouth. Features date it to the 1880s. Good. ($35-85).

SOLD: $55.00

Lot # 424

Stanley No. 40 scrub plane, Type 1.

First model of the Stanley No. 40 scrub plane. Has rosewood handle and stained beech knob. Good+. ($50-90).

SOLD: $35.00

Lot # 425

Bettye saw or jesus saw.

A large frame saw known as a Betty saw or jesus saw. Don't ask me why they were called that. On second thought, ask me; I have theories. Features an extended leg ending in a T-handle. 26" blade. A couple of early repairs on a very early saw. ($60-120).

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