KYBOY Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Things like files, chisels and hammers no matter how many you have? Good hammers are rare in my area so I pick up every one I run across..Same with good chisels, which I usually find cheap at the local flea markets..Files, I buy just about every old black diamond and nicholson file I come across at the flea markets..Seems like you cant have to many :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Neilsen Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 My weakness seems to be that I have become a collector of odd junk pieces. I keep thinking that I am going to do some art pieces soon, but I never have time!!! My junk pile just keeps growing - it like the blob, it keeps getting bigger and bigger and my wife keeps getting more and more angry with me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Anything that is remotely hammer shaped and has a hole through it is worth at least a buck. Don't find as many good old files as you used to. I keep buying jackhammer bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I think it is a universal problem with metal workers of various ilk. I see a punch or chisel at a yard sale for a quarter, dime or nickle and of course I get it, it can always be re-purposed or given to a smith starting out. I see a hunk of metal sticking out of a pile of uncontained trash out for collection and I just know it needs my saving grace and who knows it might even be useful, I could even make a sculpture out of it, like water heaters and yard furniture. Last spring, 2008, when the price of metal was so high I thinned my pile down by a ton and a half, it almost paid to load it and drive over to scrap dealer but my wife was a lot happier.:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Of course we keep buying I personally am trying for a two day or longer estate sale after I pack it in. I even keep buying power hammers that I dont need. They might have to have an auction just to get rid of enough stuff to find the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I have become more selective of what I purchase. Funds and storage space have become more limited. I have even, gasp, taken stuff to blacksmithing events to reduce the piles. I used to purchase any blacksmithing equipment I came across and taken it to blacksmithing meetings in order to keep it out of the landfills. However, it was a pain to drag the stuff around, and I was loosing too much money. Now I just tell people what I found and where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I keep buying because you *can* drain a local area of the good stuff and then need to work off your stash until it re-fills. Also I teach and so can go through a lot of old ballpeins for hawks in a short ammount of time. I used to live in the "blacksmiths' happy hunting grounds" and piled up a lot of stuff that now that I live in the "blacksmith's desert" I'm happy to have. I have a "buy point" for items I use on a regular basis that if I see them at that price or cheaper I will buy them; but I won't pay a penny more (pre-nicholson black diamond files, ball peen hammer heads, socket chisels, Post Vises, etc). If it's a particularly nice example and the price is close I might ask the seller if they will sell at my buy point; but I'm not upset if they say no. I get an "allowance" for my hobby and by sticking to it have had a lot of fun getting stuff over the decades and never have had a negative impact on the family finances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DClaville Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I o just the same files and hammers /hammer heads the old and not sharp files i make knifes from and the hammers odd shape hammers for forging or just keep em as they are, and some i even make small axes from if it have time / need DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder19 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I have doubles, triples and quadruples of some things and if I see more and have the $ on me I'd probably buy more of those same things, you just can never have enough or too many tools. welder19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 if its worth it and i have the money i buy .... never know when you will need it for tradeing stock if nothing else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 don't be like this guy, Anvils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Yes I do , guilty as charged.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnptc Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 he who dies with the most tools wins..........i guess that means i cant help myself and the answer is yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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