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Royse

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Was cleaning in the garage today and found these.
The cardboard box would date them at least a few years ago.
I need to clean more often! LOL
Found any interesting older stuff in your shop lately?

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Looking at the logo, they were made by the United States Steel Corporation, which has been in business for over 100 years. Looking at their site they are more into sheet and tubular products now than anything else, so no telling when they got into and possibly out of, the wire tack business. Given the look of the box though I"d date them sometime in the 60"s to possibly the early 70"s, but I"d lean more toward the 60"s.

On my end I have insect killer dating back probably 30 years or more sitting on the shelf.
USS
 
After Dad passed away. I was going through the shop. I found several boxes of new Ensin butaine repair kits for the regulators, and carburetors for his tractors. He was given the parts when the AC dealer discontinued the stuff. Everything I use now runs on gasoline, except for a couple I don't use. Stan
 
Actually so you could put a handful in your mouth. One hand stretched the material the other held the tack hammer with one end split and magnetized. Just pucker a tack up and touch it witht he split end of the hammer and ger a tack on it. Tap it in to start, then drive it in with the other solid and larger end.
 
GordoSD: Thank you for reminding me of that. Remember, now, watching a man work like that when I was a boy, thought he was the most skilled person I ever saw.
 
Good description Gordo!
Here's a picture of one of my tack hammers like you are
describing and one of the only address on the box.

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My guess would be 50 to 60 years old.
I have some milk filter discs from that era
that I rescues from my Grandfather shop after his passing will try and post picture.
Ralph
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Never would have thought about that, but it brings back memories and makes sense. There used to be a upholstery shop across the street from my Grandma's store. I remember going by there many times when I stayed with her and watching the guys working there do just what you describe. It always amazed me that they were able to do that without swallowing any of them.
 
I found some sanding tins called Dragon Skin. They are thin metal plates with holes punched through them like the little holes in a cheese grater. they had a holder with them that had a tab that worked a cam like dohicky that opened and closed the sides to hold them in. Price on it was $.69.
 
(quoted from post at 19:12:55 06/28/14) Was cleaning in the garage today and found these.
The cardboard box would date them at least a few years ago.
I need to clean more often! LOL
Found any interesting older stuff in your shop lately?

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I have a couple boxes of tacks just like that. Mine are marked with "FW Woolworth" stickers and a price in the 15 cents area. I'd date them to the mid 1950s, not much past the early 60's. Mine came in a large fold out tool chest or the same vintage that was a handyman friends of my in laws. Lots of old stuff you don't see anymore in there- tacks, screen repair kits, those corrugated corner braces, shouldered wood screws, lots and lots of small brass screws, stove bolts, screw eyes, carriage bolts...all the stuff you'd need to keep a house running back just after WW2. I must have dozens of the right angle screen window/storm window corner braces. Never see those anymore.
 
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