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Estate Find *LINK*

Joel Oswald

>I found some cool stuff today at an estate:

The three main things are the braces. The brace on the left is a Millers Falls 732b 10 in. The middle one is a Stanley Sweetheart 975 10 in. It also says "Victor" on it. The last one is a Fray. It says on it: "Fray's Bat's. E.O. Simmons Braces. Pat. Dates Dec. 25 '88 (Christmas!) and Jan. 8 '89. I don't know much about braces yet, so are these any good ones? The Fray is the oldest one, but sadly its in the worst condition. The Millers Falls is excellent condition, and the Sweetheart will clean up nicely.

I also got the Millers falls Rule no. 1561. And a saw file, and a Disston Rasp. Pretty good at $20 for the lot I think.

I have searched all the numbers on these tools on google and have found nothing. Wondering if you could tell me about them.


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For $20.00 bucks...

Scott Burr Ben Lomond,CA

>Ya done good IMHO. If you go down a few posts you'll find a link for MF braces. Nice Fray, should clean up niceley from your pics.

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David Miller from Iowa

>Good job.

Braces are, in my opinion, the best value in tools today. You can pick them up for next to nothing, and they are incredibly useful. I would go on, but Bob Smalser's excellent, recent post says it all.

Keep an eye out for the big sweep and the whimble braces - they are not as common, but can be found for a pittance if one is diligent.

David, who has 30+ braces on the wall chucked and ready to go.

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Nice haul!

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

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