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Offline oldnslo

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Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« on: January 25, 2020, 09:11:33 AM »
....well, in Dresden GER to be specific. I'm back from a 2 week'r spending many days in Prague for a business event, but did tack on a week extra (and the wifee) to tour Dresden, Vienna (AUS) but we ran short of time to hit Budapest.

Enough about me, here is a local swap meet that appeared to be "vintage" oriented in its wares, and was right on the banks of the Elbe river. I didn't see tons of things that I would have dragged home, I needed to keep the luggage weight under control, and whatever I purchased would need to fit into my backpack and be dragged around for 12 hours until I hit the hotel later.

The whole trip was fun, tiring, and memorable.

Enjoy!

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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2020, 09:12:19 AM »
And two more.

Offline DeadNutz

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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2020, 10:37:34 AM »
Some interesting tools in those photos. What were the prices like?

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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2020, 11:39:40 AM »
Thanks for the pics OnS. Interesting items for sure, but nothing out of the ordinary. It seems that the idea of a "dirt market" is much more prevalent in the old eastern bloc countries than in their western counterparts. I guess it is part of their collective communist past.

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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2020, 11:52:26 AM »
I asked my wife's uncle who worked as a mechanic in Colombia his whole life what brands of tools he used, and the most common was Snap On.  I figured he may have used some Gedore but not so much.
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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2020, 11:55:15 AM »
Lots of old gems in those boxes. But yeah, getting all the weight home would be a big pain!  :-\

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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2020, 01:00:03 PM »
Oh man what a field day :)
When I was living in Japan they had an event like that, it one of my fav moments.
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?

Offline slip knot

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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2020, 01:16:59 PM »
I loved market days while in the Netherlands, more for the food than the tools tho :-*

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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2020, 02:32:44 PM »
I didn't even ask prices, because it would not be taken home. Germany is in euros, I did see an old Brooks style (but some odd name) that would sweet on a vintage bike of mine, but again, didn't want to drag it around for another week. It was 5 euro.

The brands were all odd, didn't recognize a single one. The quality appears nice enough, and I really liked the dogbone wrenches,but I don't use the metric one I have now. Sigh.

All in all, it was fun.

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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2020, 04:15:44 PM »
DHL those goodies home, no need to carry.
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?

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Re: Dirt market swapping while in Europe...
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2020, 09:29:05 PM »
OnS,

Thanks for the photos.  I saw lot's of tools in that lot that I would have liked to pick.  The tools were nicer, better organized, and better displayed than at my local dirt market :-\

Just saying...
When my wife leaves me, my dog dies, and they repossess my home, I'll still have my tools.