Great to see one of your videos pop up this evening Ben, always a pleasure, I recently got the Fastfit 9n the lower right hand side of the great book, with the jaws that fit the hex shape. You got some brilliant adjustable there, something very British about a double bar coach wrench, one of those started me off over 20 years ago. You're a bad man for leading me down the rabbit hole of small vises though, after promising myself just one, I'm now at 12! (Hi Steve when you watch this) 👍👍👍✌️
I just bought 8 of these for almost no money, 100euro, I'm surprised how well built they are!! I'll give the wire brush a go! Good tip on the electric drill!
To me the most interesting one is the one marked with cyrillic letters - and I am pretty sure it's russian and not ukrainian because it seems to have been made in "Leningrad" which is today's Saint Petersburg, so, Russia. Oh, and this helps you a little bit to date the wrench - it was made between 1924 and 1991, the period when Saint Petersburg was called Leningrad.
Hi Ben...please....allow me some comments.....Mauser has NOTHING to do with NAZI´S....they were a weapon producer since 1812, like any other too. They started Tool-Prodution in 1921 and ended it in 1991. In those 70 years, they were Germany´s premier measuring tool manufacturer, and the biggest too. The wrenches you collect, are made of C45 toolsteel, ground and hardened. To use the highest steel quality possible was what set them apart from other manufacturers in the world at that time. But that made the tools so expensive to produce, that the main company (the weaponry) had to pump money in the tool compartment. They were always deficient, for those 70 years. Those models you have, are all they made, you got them completed now. Best regards from a Mauser tool collector in Germany.
@@mftmachining Do you happen to know if there are more sizes of all those types then Ben has? I agree with you though, everything that is German and around the war era gets deemed nazi, which of course is not true. Though Mauser must have made lots of money from the both war efforts but the same can be said about their foreign competitors.
@@alexstools Hi Alex, you´re right. Ben has all the available sizes and all models. Every single model was made from 12 or 13 centimeters up to 29/30 centimeters. Also you can look at the internet for Mauser Feinmesszeuge. You will find a cat from around 1962 that you can download. Or look for the cat from 1937 that is still available in some antiquariats. I have a total of 6 katalogues in my collection.
hi there, thanks for your interesting message I obviously know they are not the same thing as company They just have a similar time period. In German history where they were made through the early 40s et cetera so there’s some link to the war effort. I’m guessing you have worked for the Company or you collect them yourself? if so do you have any documentation or any advertisements with the sizes available? You could share with me? Kind regards Ben thanks PS, thanks for commenting on this video. I appreciate it.
@@tooladdict7463 Hi Ben, thanks for your reply. I can provide you with everything you want to know. I just need an working e-mail adress to send things to. I have exactly what you need, so please send me one. Regards, Michael
left Love your videos. I keep collecting wrenches but my family is getting nervous about me dyeing and leaving them a pile of tools so they have me locked away so that I cannot get out and hunt for them anymore.
Left as always!! Who leaves early and misses your superb collection and organizational skills?? I have what I feel is a German model of that Russian-y example. I can’t find any information on it!
That KC marked wrench can easily be repaired by replacing the nut and bolt with a pin, a fairly simple job which I'm sure your aware of. Mate your collection is becoming so extensive ! I dread to think of the total cost ! I hope you've insured it as the whole lot together is museum quality ! Did I spot red makes in the book besides the wrenches you have ?? lol Keep up the good work !!!!
That's my favourite finish, these tools are old and its nice to see some of the life they've had, obviously not if its too bad , then its ripe for a good polish !
Auction costs have gone through the roof especially since covid !!!!!! It wasn't long ago that only the sellers paid a fee and buyers just paid the hammer price !!!! I don't know why we put up with it !! I don't buy nearly as much at auction as I used to and the internet hasn't helped either at keeping prices down ! And don't get me started on the new "timed" auctions that are around now ! What a con they are, massively open to being fiddled !! Sorry Ben, rant over !! lol
Using a family members tablet I'm a plumber but not working as one currently I love seeing all these old tools you find, I loved my rigid stilsons bahco grips rothenberger pipe cutters especially my footprints! Bahco and rothenberger seemed to be most the older plumbers favourite brands along with footprints, we mostly used compression and crimped fittings on the commercial sites, there is a good video of a guy going to footprint factory on here they show old tools and do a tour, all the best mate.
Great work mate !! I love seeing how people display their collections, and yours is right up there for me !! Can't wait till I'm in a position where I can display what I have, been looking forward to it a long time!
