School projects

 This tool was offered at an antique market, it was described as a school project. It's a different type of a project, as the big one (after we made a c clamp) in my high school machine shop was a hammer, examples which still turn up occasionally at used tool stores (two examples below).  Then there's an entirely different project in the Duke's 2015 post.

Different times, indeed

 This was found in a 1970s fishing industry newsletter which did this as a "retrospective".  The caption at the bottom says it all.

Observation car in Quebec City, 1935

Open grandstand-style trolley car for sightseeing.

 

Kawasaki A1 Samurai 250

 Nice survivor...

Tailoring shears

  Now that's a pair of scissors! Heavy and about a foot long, the handles are beautifully formed to fit the operators right hand.

 On the brass medallion is cast, "R. Heinisch Inventor - Newark, N.J." and "Latest Patent 1859".  These scissors were manufactured by Rochius/Reuben Heinisch in Newark, New Jersey. The 1859 patent (X8680) describes a refined iteration of his earlier innovative handle designs (pioneered in 1835 and 1839), specifically shaped to prevent hand cramping during heavy-duty tailoring or sail-making work.

Crafts of New Jersey

1950 Buick hood ornament

Looking like a gun or bomb crosshair sight. 

More comment here, Michigan Work History.

 

Bahco adjustable pipe wrench

 A bit of an unusual action on this old pipe wrench from Swedish manufacturer Bahco. Wind in the nut to tighten the jaws onto a pipe or a fitting, then squeeze the handles together to apply more force. How effective it is is open to discussion but I don't think anyone else used this arrangement.

Sidecar Sunday

 Terror at Brooklands...

Buck Bros chisel

  Buck Brothers of Millbury, Massachusetts made high-quality, durable cast steel and laminated chisels and other edge tools through the 19th and 20th centuries.  The three Buck brothers, Charles, John, and Richard grew up in Sheffield England and emigrated to the US in 1849 or 1850 setting up the company to make edge tools. The Buck’s Head Logo was copyrighted in June 1875. Two of the brothers left the partnership, Charles starting the Charles Buck Edge Tool Co. and Richard ran the company till his death in 1893, when the sons in law took it over. They acquired the Charles Buck company along the way. The family connection was lost when the business was sold in 1948, passing to Great Neck Tools in 1951.

More history here.

 

Happy Halloween

 'Tis the season...