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I went out to the garage and had a look at my King Dick. I used the incorrect spelling.

Here are more old tools. Lucky me, I have two King Dicks. One is a 4 inch and the other is a manly 6 incher.

Brian, what do you call the old, small, adjustable wrenches? Very interesting tools!

Picture 1, the two in the upper left are KING DICK. The twisted handle monkey wrench in the middle was made by a now deceased local blacksmith. His son came over and gave this wrench to me.
The two wrenches in picture one are ratcheting self adjusting over the flats of a fastener. I have another one of these in four inch and I did not locate it today. It may be hiding under one of the 18 inch Crescents in another drawer.
I never intended to collect tools and what happened was just by unplanned chance.

My tool lust for today:
Vintage PLOMB toolbox. Gotta be rare. Plomb/Proto is an Los Angeles thing. So am I.
$299 starting bid. Probably reasonable...

Speaking of toolboxes, I have always wanted a HAZET COMPANION but I could not justify spend big money on one. Every time I checked the price, it had gone up. I was cruising around the tool section on Craigslist and there it was, a red Hazet Companion and it was $25. I called 10 times and did not get a response. So, I did a copy and paste of the sellers picture and posted my request as WANTED. The seller responded in less than an hour. I had the Red Companion in my truck in an hour. While I was on the way home, I got another call about the blue HAZET COMPANION. $40 the seller said, I agreed and we came home with two toolboxes. I decided to restore the red one and sell the like new blue box. It was really dirty from years of being forgotten in a shop corner. I called a Hazet collector and said I was taking offers. He was in my shop in less than an hour and offered $750. SOLD!

You described those Brian and I could not imagine what you were talking about! They're beautiful! I'd heard of the company, had some wrenches, but never had seen the tool box. Incredible.

At the top of each post is a threaded knob. The knobs lock the top shelf to the posts and take the rocking out. To lower the toolbox, loosen the knobs, lift the top shelf slightly, release the latch on each end and the toolbox collapses onto itself then the posts fold flat.
The shelves are supported on chains and the separation between shelves is adjustable.

Brian, You are just making me jealous. You have a wonderful collection of tools.

I would hope a person would be entertained by my good luck. I don't think you meant to use the word jealous.
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