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Encyclopedia of Antique Tools and Machinery
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Price Last Updated : 7-30-2008
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Features
Paperback: 255 pages
Publisher: Krause Publications November 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0873416074
ISBN-13: 978-0873416078
Product Dimensions:
10.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Book Description
The days of old will come alive as readers take a nostalgic look at the antique tools and machinery our ancestors used to survive, succeed and develop this country. Collectors and historians will love revisiting the past through the pages of this new book.
Featuring more than 60 categories, including adzes, anvils, mallets, cement tools, carpenter tools, drills, hatchets, chisels, beekeeping, plumbing tools, gardening tools, surveying and wood cutting, this comprehensive guide covers the tools and machinery of yesteryear.
Author C.H. Wendel has spent the past 40 years gathering information, literature, old catalogs, as well as antiques, and has assembled them all into this fully-illustrated identification guide. Each item is listed with a description, history, common uses, and manufacturers. Many tools are depicted with fascinating photos and illustrations. This is a great identification resource for all collectors.
-More than 60 categories of antique tools and machinery bring the past to life
-More than 1,000 photographs and illustrations to aid the collector in identification
Reader Reviews
This book of tools and tool values contains many misnamed, mislabed, or inaccurately named tools. Save your money and buy the latest edition of Keane's book of antique tool values, the most accurate one for tool prices, or Barlow's most recent edition of Antique Tool Collectors Guide to Value, which will give lots of pictures and general tool info without misleading you. Wendel's book has too many tools named wrong and prices that are way out of touch with reality. Condition is very important, and Herb Keane, in his A Price Guide to Antique Tools, does a good job in discussing condition and its effect on prices. Once you read some basic tool value books, you will want to advance to specialized books centering on brands, locale of manufacture, or type of tool. These will seldom be price guides, but will be filled with important details that can make a big difference in the price paid for a tool.
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Encyclopedia of Antique Tools and Machinery
by C. H. Wendel
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