I went to a car boot sale…

[Colonial Boy]

and came away with these.
Ten wood chisels, six cold chisels a Phillips head screwdriver (rather worn) an excellent bearing scraper, a steel hook and the box,
20 items for $40.
The 1 and a 1/2 inch chisel (center top) is a Woodcock, Sheffield, England and on the local E-bay they’re asking $47 for one, two of the others are Ward Casr Steel and asking price for these is $26 each.
Most of them had been used as paint stirrers so there’s a bit of work to clean them up
Haven’t cleaned the box yet but have removed most of the paint and have given the Woodcock a clean up.

I’ll use the Woodcock and a couple of the others, I rather like old tools, warmer somehow and give the rest to the youngest son.

 

[brawny man]

Good buy. I also like to go to local garage and estate sales to buy chisels, files, old knives etc. Clean them up and put an edge back on the blades.

 

[William Lincoln]

Great deal for you. I used to go to the early markets in London at Brick Street
Bethnal Green. You would find everything under the sun cheap- antiques,tools
books and anything that can be flogged. You got items that are rare because
today, if it cannot be mass-produced in China it is not offered. Those vintage
tools are the mark of a Craftsman.

 

[Col. Batguano]

What is a car boot sale? Is that stuff that has been seized by the police and they are auctioning?

 

[Artificer]

What is a car boot sale? Is that stuff that has been seized by the police and they are auctioning?

LOL. No, the car boot in England is the car's trunk to us.

Gus