Peter McBride

 Antique and Old Tools
 

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Updated :- Tuesday, 21 June 2011            home | antique and old tools | links | email     click on the images for a larger picture

I decided some years ago not to upgrade this page on my website. When I publish the things I find, it generates jealousy and abuse from a secondhand tool dealer who thinks he should own the collectible tool market in Australia. 
He is not the arbiter of all that should be owned, known or discussed with reference to collectible tools. 

Knowledge and research about old tools isn't the prerogative of the person who buys tons of old tools on eBay or wherever, buffs them up, and sells them at weekend markets.
Don't be misled or misinformed by a merchant, someone who's primary interest isn't old tools and their history, more the money they represent.
For most of us "tool guys" the tool collecting world isn't "all about the dollars"

Peter
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