Conductor562 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Marple's Catalog from 1938 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSionnach Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Love these old catalogs and hand books. I was browsing through some on wkfinetools.com the other day. Early mechanical saws were scary looking machines. Some of the catalogs from pre WWI give you instructions for ordering via telegraph. Cool stuff Conductor. Keep em coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I have a Fayette R. Plumb catalog dated 1900 with telegraph instructions. I probably have 55-60 altogether, but I can't get a lot of them to load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highdesert Splintermaker Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 All these old catalogs are really neat. I have always enjoyed using hand tools and going through these can be a real education. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I need to get some more loaded up. Some of them just won't upload for some reason.I have a bunch of old Craftsman power tool cats going back to the late 20's or very early 30's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas2000 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 I love old catalogs, tool or otherwise. Fascinating to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalu Rash Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Thanks for sharing Conductor! It looks like many, if not all, the tools were hand drawn. That's amazing. I can't imagine myself drawing detailed depictions tools (or anything really) all day. Nowadays we have super high res photography that makes hand tools look amazing. Not sure if your familiar with Lie-Neilson toolworks but they have a catalog of hand tools that could be used as postcards, really nice stuff. It's cool to see how things were done back in the day. To me, it feels like everyone was hand made and hard to do. Now, everything is digital. Funny story, I showed the owner of the sign shop I work for a video on YouTube. It was some guy making a hand made sign for John Mayer. I was blown away by how intricate and detailed the sign turned out. The owner just looked at me and said "That's just how we did thing's back in the day, what's so special about that?". I had to laugh because it's so true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostshadow Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 That was really interesting. It's always cool to see publications from that far back. It's also pretty amazing when you think about it, those tools are still holding up today. People still use them and they keep on ticking. Certainly built to last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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