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If you like collecting antique tools you will find many articles and information of interest. There are articles about antique tools and treadle powered or foot powered machines. Also found here are antique tools for woodworkers and collectors, and guide books that are the best references in the antique tool world selected for collectors and users. There are sections on buying antique tools, tool wood identification. You will also find clubs and organizations to join. This is a reference for anyone interested in antique tools. The study of antique tools provides a glimpse of human development and cultural preferences through history. Planes, saws and chisels are all antique tools developed by carpenters over many centuries. What we often use today is just the modern version of these antique tools. The development of primitive tools to antique tools and then to the recent machine tools has taken the evolution from stone hand-axes, bronze age tools and through to power tools a step further. These wonderful antique tools are a great part of industrial and art history. There are old tools, used tools, antique tools, vintage tools and classic tools and equipment for sale. Also covered are places where to find antique tools as well as how to buy and sell them. There are some valuable tips on cleaning, restoring and displaying. You will find information on Antique Tools books to read and perhaps clubs and organizations to join. Books available on antique tools and antique tool collecting, including early trades such as blacksmithing and carriage building, and early sciences and technology, including railroad technology and slide rules. There are some common and not-so-common pitfalls to avoid, information on the materials used in tools. There is an ever-expanding gallery of antique tools for sale.
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North Freedom couple to close antique store
After 20 years of following their passion for antiques, as displayed in their Civil War-era couch, Albert and Allegra Zick have closed their North Freedom business A to Z Antiques.
Treasures and Treats holds grand opening
Treasures and Treats, a new thrift shop, will hold its grand opening on Feb. 2.
Antiques and collectibles lined the walls of the Yardley Community Centre (VIDEO)
YARDLEY – Booths, chock-full of collectibles and treasures of all shapes and sizes, lined the walls of the Yardley Community Centre in what event organizer Joy Harrington calls “the longest running antique show around.”
Marketplaces Identify Top Trends for Antiques and Collectibles
Now that 2011 is over, antiques and collectibles sites are looking back and summing up the top searches and other trends for the year. Today, EcommerceBytes takes a look at Kovels , TIAS.com (The Internet Antique shop) and WorthPoint / GoAntiques to see what's up, what's down, and what's surprising.
Kovel: Construction gives away furniture copies
Some furniture styles are so popular that they are copied by cabinetmakers for hundreds of years. Some copies are easy to recognize as copies because their construction is modern - new nails, machine-made mortise-and-tenon joints holding drawer parts together, telltale marks made by modern saws rather than the marks left by antique hand tools.
Antique tools taken from NH history museum
Police say at least several thousand dollars' worth of tools, some of them antique, have been taken from the historic Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth.
Tools stolen from Strawbery Banke
PORTSMOUTH — Police are investigating burglaries that occurred at Strawbery Banke Museum between Saturday, Jan. 7, and Sunday, Jan. 8, as well as between 12:30 and 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
Antique tools taken in burglary at Strawbery Banke
PORTSMOUTH - Antique tools used in constructing wooden barrels as well as modern power tools were stolen in burglaries at Strawbery Banke.
Antique room holds special family memories
Relics of the past remind us of an earlier time, before the hustle and bustle of today's busy world, which is why so many people collect antiques. Jeanne Kirsch's collection, however, is closer to her heart than most.
Antiquing with the American Pickers
My love for antiquing has its roots in my upbringing. My dad loved old things. He had a vast collection of hand tools, saws, cultivator seats, singletrees and about anything that reminded him of his growing up days in the river bottoms east of Tulsa, Okla. My mom had a large collection of ice tea [...]