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<blockquote data-quote="TwoForFlinching" data-source="post: 3581077" data-attributes="member: 24500"><p>My grandpa used to chase us out of his shed all the time when we were kids. Always told us he kept snakes in there. After he passed, over the years, grandma has asked my cousin and I to go through it and get what we wanted, as if we wanted snakes. </p><p></p><p>Turns out, we all knew he was an antique store type guy, but in the 50's and 60's he used to stop at hardware stores in every town they'd go and bribe the owners to let him rummage through their attic and storage spaces. That shed was packed full of brand new tools from the turn of the 20th century up through the 30's. Brace drills, ratchets, sockets, files, wrenches, all sorts of hand tools still wrapped in wax paper and twine, stamped with maker marks like Stanley USA, SK, first year Snap-On, Deere, Ford. After clearing a bunch out, getting about three feet in, we looked up and discovered a bunch of two-man saws, still paper wrapped and sharp as they could be. Not a hint of rust on any of it. Needless to say. A lot of it ended up in our rollaways, and even more has ended up on the mancave walls of the cousins we know wouldn't sell it all off. There's still about 500 cubic feet of treasure to find in that shed. The amount of work is intimidating. </p><p></p><p>Old tools rule.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwoForFlinching, post: 3581077, member: 24500"] My grandpa used to chase us out of his shed all the time when we were kids. Always told us he kept snakes in there. After he passed, over the years, grandma has asked my cousin and I to go through it and get what we wanted, as if we wanted snakes. Turns out, we all knew he was an antique store type guy, but in the 50's and 60's he used to stop at hardware stores in every town they'd go and bribe the owners to let him rummage through their attic and storage spaces. That shed was packed full of brand new tools from the turn of the 20th century up through the 30's. Brace drills, ratchets, sockets, files, wrenches, all sorts of hand tools still wrapped in wax paper and twine, stamped with maker marks like Stanley USA, SK, first year Snap-On, Deere, Ford. After clearing a bunch out, getting about three feet in, we looked up and discovered a bunch of two-man saws, still paper wrapped and sharp as they could be. Not a hint of rust on any of it. Needless to say. A lot of it ended up in our rollaways, and even more has ended up on the mancave walls of the cousins we know wouldn't sell it all off. There's still about 500 cubic feet of treasure to find in that shed. The amount of work is intimidating. Old tools rule. [/QUOTE]
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