Thread: What Do You Have In The Mail Right Now?

Can't go wrong with vintage Starrett nothing but quality.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Can't go wrong with vintage Starrett nothing but quality.

$45 for one in nice shape beats the hell out of $300 new and probably not as nice.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

This landed yesterday however I'd spaced off posting about it.

Vintage Starrett 5 1/2" Flush Cutter.

I had it sent to a friend who is an accomplished machinist and he checked it over and after finding that the hardened jaws had been installed opposite from where they should be he sent them along to me.

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Roy, I have one too! Beautiful tool for cutting wire. My blades are marked "For Music Wire". I think piano tuners used these for cutting strings.
It should work great for cutting brass rod, funny I didn't put 2 and 2 together till I saw yours. It needs cleaning up on the buffing wheels.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

This landed yesterday however I'd spaced off posting about it.

Vintage Starrett 5 1/2" Flush Cutter.

I had it sent to a friend who is an accomplished machinist and he checked it over and after finding that the hardened jaws had been installed opposite from where they should be he sent them along to me.

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A man can do some damage with those, Roy!
Beautiful tool!

Originally Posted by MisterClean

Roy, I have one too! Beautiful tool for cutting wire. My blades are marked "For Music Wire". I think piano tuners used these for cutting strings.
It should work great for cutting brass rod, funny I didn't put 2 and 2 together till I saw yours. It needs cleaning up on the buffing wheels.

My jaws also say For Music Wire.

When I was starting to purchase my hand tools my day told me that good tools last, I've always remembered that.

I did wash my flush cutter out with some aerosol brake cleaner then ran them under the 600 greaseless, then some black Emory and then some CrOx and then sprayed well with WD40 and they work so smoothly.

Got me some snake bit soap and aftershave coming this Friday that I am looking forward to. Might post something under soaps and creams if they pan out.

Originally Posted by MisterClean

Roy, I have one too! Beautiful tool for cutting wire. My blades are marked "For Music Wire". I think piano tuners used these for cutting strings.
It should work great for cutting brass rod, funny I didn't put 2 and 2 together till I saw yours. It needs cleaning up on the buffing wheels.

To be fair , the ldt guy may had hade a few pairs. Only wanting to use each for a specific task

A Tony Miller Bridal strop 2.5 inch wide and a Drygulch American Bridal strop 3 inch wide, oh and some 2.5 inch wide vintage linen firehose, I already have a SRP Latigo and a vintage horse shell strops, so these should be me done on strops, I do like a heavier draw on my strops, so I may still use the Latigo more often, we will see. (Both posted together from USA to UK last week so should be soon I hope)

Originally Posted by alpla444

A Tony Miller Bridal strop 2.5 inch wide and a Drygulch American Bridal strop 3 inch wide, oh and some 2.5 inch wide vintage linen firehose, I already have a SRP Latigo and a vintage horse shell strops, so these should be me done on strops, I do like a heavier draw on my strops, so I may still use the Latigo more often, we will see. (Both posted together from USA to UK last week so should be soon I hope)

The Tony Miller is a very nice strop, excellent. But if you like draw, it may not be to your liking. Its called a fast bridal for a reason. But top notch quality.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

The Tony Miller is a very nice strop, excellent. But if you like draw, it may not be to your liking. Its called a fast bridal for a reason. But top notch quality.

The miller strop was a gift from a friend so I can't complain, but even though I am not a massive fan of a quick draw, I have always wanted to try a bridal strop as it's almost a benchmark in stropping and it's nice to have a variety if you are able to that is.
Thanks for letting me know what to expect, that said my horse shell strop is very fast, and I'm not getting rid of that.

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