Things were made properly in The Olden Days

Just changing the front to back pipes on the jimny.
Had to cut them up to get them out, and to get the nipples undone.

I used these to cut the pipes





They fold out nicely to this






Thought they looked good quality, so I cleaned them up a bit and found this





They are actually WW1 barbed wire cutters, they snip through brake pipes easily, the jaws are shaped so that one you have the wire in them, as they close they pull it in rather than kick off. Likely used by my Grandad as I got them from my late fathers toolbox.


Anybody else still using tools nearly 100 years old, still as good as they day they were made?

facade wrote: Just changing the front to back pipes on the jimny.
Had to cut them up to get them out, and to get the nipples undone.

I used these to cut the pipes

They fold out nicely to this

Thought they looked good quality, so I cleaned them up a bit and found this

They are actually WW1 barbed wire cutters, they snip through brake pipes easily, the jaws are shaped so that one you have the wire in them, as they close they pull it in rather than kick off. Likely used by my Grandad as I got them from my late fathers toolbox.


Anybody else still using tools nearly 100 years old, still as good as they day they were made?

Maybe Tadpole is

I have some old tools I still use that belonged to my grandfather, he was a very capable guy able to turn his hand to most things.
With a large family I think it was the norm back then, happy days.

I'll take a few pics & post them for you lot .........................................

Tadpole wrote: I have some old tools I still use that belonged to my grandfather, he was a very capable guy able to turn his hand to most things.
With a large family I think it was the norm back then, happy days.

I'll take a few pics & post them for you lot .........................................

I'm a cabinet maker by trade, and I use old tools a lot. Some of the machinery in our workshop is over 30 years old, Quality British cast iron machines and beds last a lot longer than modern alloy crap.
I have planes, chisels and files of various ages, from new back to early 1900's, generally, old steel holds an edge better than all but the most premium modern hand tools.

My lathe was used in the First World War to make shell cases.

I've got lot's of other old tools kicking about; none that I rely on day to day though.

I have some old chisels I got from my Grandad well over 100 years old. Used them mainly as hack chisels but decided to regrind and clean them up the other day. Wow how sharp are they, they now have pride of place in my tool chest and my modern chisels will now be used as hack chisels.