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TOOLS AND THE SHOP => MISCELLANEOUS HAND TOOLS PLUMBERS HAND TOOLS/ HVAC HAND TOOLS/ETC. => Topic started by: oldnslo on September 08, 2018, 07:56:51 PM

Title: Pick one. Pick many. Pick a winner, but please don't pick your.....
Post by: oldnslo on September 08, 2018, 07:56:51 PM

...tool to do a job it was not designed to.

Thought I was going somewhere else...eh? Read on.

My green vintage entrenching tool was feeling a bit lonely in the back of the Land Rover, and when I saw this pick head (sans a handle), I just had to rescue it from the dirt market.

Pic's tell it all, I won't bore you with the details of the restore, other than the red paint was original, it seemed to have a hard life with gold/rock prospector that was the former owner. Sadly, I was to find it was not a US commissioned tool, but is marked "Japan" on the wider end of the pick which I saw later.

Title: Re: Pick one. Pick many. Pick a winner, but please don't pick your.....
Post by: oldnslo on September 08, 2018, 07:58:04 PM

more

Title: Re: Pick one. Pick many. Pick a winner, but please don't pick your.....
Post by: DeadNutz on September 09, 2018, 07:34:02 PM

Thanks for showing that. I've never seen one and nice resto job.

Title: Re: Pick one. Pick many. Pick a winner, but please don't pick your.....
Post by: bonneyman on September 09, 2018, 09:39:45 PM

Now you need the canvas cover to go with that trenching tool!

Title: Re: Pick one. Pick many. Pick a winner, but please don't pick your.....
Post by: muddy on September 10, 2018, 07:24:11 PM

Good save ONS.

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