Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

School projects

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 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 (a...

Different times, indeed

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 This was found in a 1970s fishing industry newsletter which did this as a "retrospective".  The caption at the bottom says it all...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Observation car in Quebec City, 1935

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Open grandstand-style trolley car for sightseeing.  
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Kawasaki A1 Samurai 250

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 Nice survivor...
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Monday, November 2, 2026

Tailoring shears

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  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 t...

1950 Buick hood ornament

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Looking like a gun or bomb crosshair sight.  More comment here, Michigan Work History.  
Sunday, November 1, 2026

Bahco adjustable pipe wrench

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 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 fi...
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Sidecar Sunday

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 Terror at Brooklands...
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Buck Bros chisel

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  Buck Brothers of Millbury, Massachusetts made high-quality, durable cast steel and laminated chisels and other edge tools through the 19th...
Saturday, October 31, 2026

Happy Halloween

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 'Tis the season...
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