Lot 25:
Sold for: £14
Description
A mixed lot of workshop hand tools and hardware including Stanley and Draper examples. The lot comprises woodworking hand planes, measuring tools, socketry, and hardware. Woodworking planes include a long cast iron jointer or fore plane, a smaller smoothing plane marked MADE IN ENGLAND, a wooden body block plane, and a black plane labelled STANLEY RB10. The group also features a vintage hand drill with turned wooden handle and a red-painted gear wheel marked STANLEY, an adjustable wrench, two micrometer calipers, and a hardwood and brass sliding bevel gauge. Cased items include a 33-piece tap and die set in a blue metal case labelled DRAPER NO 33 BSU BSF AND UNF COMBINED TAP AND DIE SET, a metal tin containing chrome-plated sockets and extension bars, and a boxed multi-tool sharpening unit labelled FERREX MULTIFUNCTIONAL SHARPENER. A plastic organiser box labelled STANLEY SORTMASTER is filled with a large quantity of antique and vintage furniture casters in brass and iron.
Condition report:
Metal surfaces across the vintage tools, planes, wrench, micrometers, and loose casters show widespread surface rust, oxidation, and aged patina (photos 1, 2, 3, and 4). The cutting iron of the large plane is heavily oxidised (photo 2). Wooden components on the planes and hand drill exhibit surface scuffs and loss to the original finish (photos 1, 2, and 4). The blue Draper metal case has scratched paint, edge wear, surface rust, and wear to the clear insert window (photos 1 and 4). The Ferrex sharpener box exhibits minor creasing and corner wear (photos 1 and 4). All mechanical and electrical items are sold as untested.
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