An EXTRA CLEAN ENAMELED SIGN. This early 20th Century sign proclaims "Keep This Bench Clean". In our experience, signs of this nature are frequently hidden from view owing to the accumulation of tools and supplies on the bench. It measures 8" in width by 6" in height. Length = 8.00 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00. (FINE)

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A "LITTLE GIANT" SHEET METAL BODY PENCIL SHARPENER. This most unusual sharpener is marked movable lever with the designation "Little Giant Pencil Sharpener". It has a holder for the pencil to keep it at the correct angle as the lever is used to plane away wood around the graphite center of the pencil. The only example of this pencil sharpener that we have seen or offered for sale. Rare. Length = 4.25 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00. (GOOD+)

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A SOLID STEEL UNGRADUATED TRY SQUARE by Darling, Brown & Sharpe, Providence, Rhode Island. This early square is in top condition and it has been boldly struck with the "D.B. & S." imprint. From the Collection of the late Richard C. "Rick" Floyd, Newport, Maine Length = 3.88 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00. (FINE)

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A DIMINUTIVE BOXWOOD RABBET PLANE. This very well made plane is in excellent working condition and could be put directly to use. Length = 2.38 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00. (FINE)

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An UNUSUAL BRASS APPOINTED DEPTH GAUGE. This small size gauge has a black metal housing bracketed by two knurled brass fittings. The forward fitting has a steel rod projecting from the end. Pushing on the rod causes a pentagonal brass gauge to emerge from the other end of the tool in a length equal to the degree to which the tip is depressed. Each of the five sides of the central sleeve is marked with a number, with "5" being the shortest distance and "1" being the longest distance that the rod is depressed. The "1" value is equal to the length of the rod projecting from the tool. We have no idea what the original intended function of this tool might have been, but it is very well made and in nearly new condition. From the Collection of the late Richard C. "Rick" Floyd, Newport, Maine Length = 2.75 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00. (FINE)

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A "BLIND MAN'S" FOLDING RULE, No. 7, by STANLEY. This rule has oversize printed letters to facilitate its use by carpeners having diminished eyesight. It is marked with Stanley's ca. 1910 "Stanley Rule & Level Co." trademark and the rule is marked with the designation, "English" as the numbers are ordered in the English manner, rather than that normally used by Americn makers. This example is in top collector quality condition. Length = 24.00 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00. (FINE)

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A "KEEN KUTTER" ONE-FOOT, FOUR-FOLD FOLDING RULE, No. K320, by E.C. Simmons Hardware Company, St. Louis, Missouri. This caliper rule is in essentially unused condition. From the Collection of Bruce Van Hart, Prince Frederick, Maryland. Length = 12.00 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00. (FINE)

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ALOT OF SPECIAL PURPOSE LEATHER WORKING TOOLS, many of which have tags describing their use and when and where they were acquired, in England, nearly 50 years ago. Vials for dye, a leather punch and a tool for tracing stitching holes, a pair of lancewood dividers, special purpose wooden spatulas and a wooden knife for coloring leather, including many items we have not previously encountered, are included in this interesting grouping. Length = 11.50 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00. (FINE)

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An EXTRA CLEAN SLIDE ADJUST NUT WRENCH by the H. & E. Wrench Company, New Bedford, Massachusetts. This wrench, which is named the "HandE" wrench, was patented on September 20, 1921. It emplyoys a spiral threaded screw to facilitate the opening and closing of the jaws. This example is in top condition, retaining much of its original blued finish. Length = 10.00 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00. (FINE)

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U.S. Patent No.: 1391179


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A MODERN MAKER BRASS SLIDING "T" BEVEL by Kenneth Hoye Mcclain. This bevel, which has a carved rosewood body and a brass bevel gauge formed in the manner of the George A. Shelley patent bevel sold as the No. 24 by Stanley, is in unused condition in its original fitted box. The inside of the box is hand-lettered in India ink with the maker name and the year of its making, "1980". The only example of this tool that we have seen or offered for sale. Length = 5.50 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00. (FINE)

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A COLLECTION OF STANLEY ADVERTISING ITEMS, all by STANLEY. Tie tacks, a key ring, two Stanley notepads and a Stanley "Powerlock" money clip are included in this grouping. All were produced to promote a particular line of Stanley tools and all are in essentially unused condition. Length = 9.00 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00. (FINE)

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A most interesting and unusual PAIR OF HINGE-TOP BOOT PULLING HOOKS. These hooks, one of which has a leather punch on the end and the other a tool for piercing leather, are designed to fold into compact form for storage and unfolded to serve as "T" handles for the boot pulling hook. Both are in top condition. The only examples of combination tools of this type that we have seen or offered for sale. Length = 4.75 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00. (FINE)

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An UNUSED PAIR OF APPLEWOOD TONGUE & GROOVE MOLDING PLANES by Young & Mc Master, Auburn, New York. Both are marked with the imprint "D. Heald". They came from the tool chest of Daniel Heald, who worked as a carpenter in the Village of Moravia, New York in the 1840's and 1850's. The land west of the Pre-Emption line was settled by veterans of the American Revolution following the war as the previous owners of the land had mistakenly thrown in their lot with the British, who lost the war. The settlers planted orchards of apple trees, which were old and were being harvested for lumber by the time planemaking began in earnest in Western New York. Applewood was used for both plow planes and molding planes by the contractors who produced wooden molding planes using the labor of prisoners, which was contracted for by a series of entrepreneurs from the 1820's to the 1870's, when the practice was ceased, owing to objections from "mechanics", who felt that the prison labor was unfair competition. Length = 9.50 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00. (FINE)

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An EARLY PATENT PRECISION COMBINATION DIVIDER AND CALIPER, No. 85, by L.S. Starrett, Athol, Massachusetts. This steel body combination interchangeable leg divider and caliper tool was patented on September 24, 1889 by Laroy S. Starret. It is complete with three oiriginal pairs of legs for dividers, inside and outside calipers. It is in top condition, retaining fully 95% of its original high polished finish. Length = 10.00 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00. (FINE)

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U.S. Patent No.: 411537


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A TWO-FOOT, FOUR-FOLD FOLDING RULE by the J.B. Hunter Company, Boston, Massachusetts. This narrow, arch joint, unbound rule was produced for Hunter, a Boston hardware dealer, by English makers John Rabone & Sons. It is in top collector quality condition. Length = 24.00 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00. (FINE)

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An EXTRA CLEAN DOUBLE BEVEL ARCHITECT'S RULE by John Lorenz, Leeds, England. Lorenz is documented as having produced rule in Leeds ca. 1870. The rule is beveled on the inside to facilitate its use with scaled drawings. This example, which has been tastefully imprinted with the name of the original owner, one "Jas. Armytage", is in top collector condition. From the Collection of Bruce Van Hart, Prince Frederick, Maryland. Length = 12.25 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00. (FINE)

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An example of WOODWARD'S PATENT COMBINATION TOOL as patened by F.R. Woodward of Hill, New Hampshire on August 24, 1875. This interesting tool includes a corkscrew, paper cutter, glass cutter, etc. all in a single tool which performs none of the specified functions adequately. Length = 5.75 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00. (FINE)

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U.S. Patent No.: 166954


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A pair of BRONZE METAL TRAMMELS, No. 3, by STANLEY. These later type trammels have the "checkered" casting pattern they are complete with the original pencil holder in nearly new condition. From the Collection of the late Maj. Gen. W. Douglas "Doug" Boyce, U.S.A.F., Ret., Dover, Delaware. Length = 5.00 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $90.00 - $180.00. (FINE)

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A SHOWY EBONY AND BRASS "T" HANDLE GIMLET. This well made and artfully conceived tool, which was used for starting holes for boring bits, is in excellent collector quality condition. Length = 4.00 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00. (GOOD+)

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A most interesting and unusual EUROPEAN TYPE OPEN SCREW THREAD MICROMETER. This well made precision measuring tool is not marked with a maker name. It is in top condition, retaining fully 95% of its original shiny nickel plating, and in nearly new condition. Length = 5.25 Inches. Pre-Sale Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00. (FINE)

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