This was in a pile of junk at the flea market. It was at one time a box for a socket wrench set. I’m going to guess 1905-1920. It’s broken in half and is missing a piece. A little gluing and clamping. Okay, so my dovetailing looks like it was done by a drunken beaver [...]

from 1916 ! I’ve used it a few times and it works but you have to be carefull about seating it or it’ll slip. Made in Chicago (like so many tools) and patented May 2, 1916.

I like hammers. I have quite a few of them and would like quite a few more. I got the hammer below this weekend at the flea market. A common method of selling used tools at the flea is to spread a blanket on the ground, dump your wares on it and let people rummage [...]