Used tool thread

AutoMechanic said:
Here is a used vintage ball peen hammer. Blue Point USA made 12oz. 12oz seems to be the hardest size to find but it’s useful.
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Also do you consider this a tool? Vintage can of anti seize dated copyright 1968. I saw it on eBay and had to add it to my collection it’s full too doesn’t look like it ever got used. Came all the way from Arizona to me. I probably overpaid for it but oh well it’s cool and you never see old cans of anti seize. I wonder when they switched to plastic from metal cans. View attachment 274879View attachment 274880View attachment 274881View attachment 274882
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That Blue Point hammer looks very familiar. I have the 8oz version, purchased new around 40+ years ago. Still has the original handle on it.

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Few used tools from an estate sale yesterday. Also got a VCR and some more VHS tapes for my collection as well. The wrench is Craftsman USA, rubber mallet is unbranded, tape measure is Millers Falls, and trowel is unbranded but I love wood handles.
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New to me Snap-on hose picks. Bought off the Snap-on truck used on Thursday. Old mechanic had cancer and passed away and gave all his tools back to Snap-on so his family didn’t have to worry about them so these do have a special meaning even though I didn’t know the guy personally but still good to know the tools are being taken care of. I plan on cleaning the tray out and making it look nice. I was going to buy a single one which was like $50 or $60 alone and he’s like I’ve got this used set $170 retails nearly $250 new so I’m like yeah might as well get the whole set. Probably worth $170 because I break cheap ones that’s why I needed these. Also bought 4 pairs of socks too. I was going to buy all that he had but I didn’t want to be greedy lol.
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AutoMechanic said:
New to me Snap-on hose picks. Bought off the Snap-on truck used on Thursday. Old mechanic had cancer and passed away and gave all his tools back to Snap-on so his family didn’t have to worry about them so these do have a special meaning even though I didn’t know the guy personally but still good to know the tools are being taken care of. I plan on cleaning the tray out and making it look nice. I was going to buy a single one which was like $50 or $60 alone and he’s like I’ve got this used set $170 retails nearly $250 new so I’m like yeah might as well get the whole set. Probably worth $170 because I break cheap ones that’s why I needed these. Also bought 4 pairs of socks too. I was going to buy all that he had but I didn’t want to be greedy lol.
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Without the sad story would you have paid the same?
 
Donald said:
Are the drawers plain slide or on ball bearing slides?

I would opt for the ball bearing slides. The drawers get heavy when filled with tools.
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Plain slides but that's ok. My main shop cabinet has bearing slides and this one is just for a few basic tools in my garage to hopefully reduce the number of times that I have to walk back & forth from my shop to garage.
 
My 96 YO neighbor who I helped out with things around the house passed away in May and I helped his wife sort his garage into save or toss categories. He was frugal *cough cough* and his tools were all low cost. She told me to take anything I could use so I saved these 3 things. An older Klein wire stripper, a miniature Snap On needle-nose pliers, and small Japanese Igarashi slip-joint pliers. The "vacuum grip" refers to little suction cup castings on the grips but these were later and have smooth grips.
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AZjeff said:
My 96 YO neighbor who I helped out with things around the house passed away in May and I helped his wife sort his garage into save or toss categories. He was frugal *cough cough* and his tools were all low cost.
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That was pretty common of depression era generations to be "frugal". My grandfather was pretty much the same way and it took a jack hammer to make him open his wallet to buy anything remotely resembling quality. His work tools were where he would splurge a little bit for better but all the home stuff was dime store quality everything.
 
Jimmy9190 said:
That's an old Snap-On K-260. Snap-On made that box from1939 to 1946. There are people in the Snap-On collecting/Old tool collecting hobby who consider the K-260 to be the absolute Holy Grail of old toolboxes. At the time it was in production it was the very top of the line for Snap-On. The K-260 was also the very first box that was painted red at the factory. Yours looks like it was either repainted orange at some point in time, or maybe the red paint just faded to the shade it is now. Orange or not it's a great old toolbox. Another member here had one last year:

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I have a 1939ish Snap-on K-260 that im try to see what the worth is. It wont let me post pics.

I always liked this picture of a K-260. The mechanic in the picture just looks like he knows his stuff.

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I notice the mechanic in the pic is wearing a "Whoopie cap". This cap was popular with mechanics during the era this pic was taken. It was usually homemade out of a worn/tattered fedora hat. Goober the mechanic and Jughead of a comic strip being the most recognized characters for wearing them. Depending on the person making them, they could be subdued, looking more like a beanie cap, or more radical, with a pronounced king's crown look.
 
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Jimmy9190 said:
That's an old Snap-On K-260. Snap-On made that box from1939 to 1946. There are people in the Snap-On collecting/Old tool collecting hobby who consider the K-260 to be the absolute Holy Grail of old toolboxes. At the time it was in production it was the very top of the line for Snap-On. The K-260 was also the very first box that was painted red at the factory. Yours looks like it was either repainted orange at some point in time, or maybe the red paint just faded to the shade it is now. Orange or not it's a great old toolbox. Another member here had one last year:

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I have a 1939ish Snap-on K-260 that im try to see what the worth is. It wont let me post pics.

I always liked this picture of a K-260. The mechanic in the picture just looks like he knows his stuff.

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He’s definitely not checking his mobile phone
 
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