Dremel Model A sander

This is a nice little metal and bakelite corded palm sander, lacking a little in styling perhaps... This unit doesn't look like it was ever used.

 

Cars in the 'hood...

Definitely not the most desirable model of this manufacturer but unique and rare...  How often do we see these on the street?

 

Monday Mystery

 Looks like part of some blacksmith or farmer-made device. The handle look worn by hand use, but no idea what they might have been used for. Any ideas?

Some kinda hook...

I can't figure this one out.

 

Sidecar Sunday

Looks good in yellow.

 

Know your Livingston hammers...

Handles not included... 

  Livingston Mfg. set up in Rockland Maine in 1890 to make stone cutting, shipwright and blacksmith tools. In 1928 the manager of the company, Putnam Bicknell, acquired a controlling interest and changed the name to Bicknell Manufacturing. The factory continued production for several more decades, despite the dying stone trade and the rise of steel construction in ships.

One of my vices is vises, Defiance by Stanley

Stylish little streamlined 2.5" vise and apparently the one red jaw was stock.  Nice.

 

The "Blue 'un" 1957

 

Planes in formation; English Electric Lightnings

 

Transvaal money bank

 Here's an oddity found at an antique store, a savings bank modelled after an unflattering caricature of Paul Kruger, president of South Africa from 1883 to 1900. The caricature, drawn by Francis Carruthers Gould had appeared in the Westminster Gazette. The 6 inch tall bank was made by the British company John Harper and Co. of Birmingham.