Spoon and reamer augers - museum tools back to life post

Those are some neat old tools.

Wonderful, Mads!

Great job!

Very nice restoration, Mads. You could open your own museum!!

Cheers, Jim

They could not have fallen into better hands!

Totally love those old tools. I know you'll give them a good home!

Beautiful restauration. I have also some tools to restore ''sometime'' in my workshop.

Interesting to see these tools Mads, and your blog on the restoration is very well done.

Beatiful. Love this, like all your works Mads!

You're an inspiration Mads.

Great job, Mads!

True Story: Several years ago while browsing the various tables at a country flea market, I spotted a Cooper's bung hole borer very similar to your French reamer auger. It was very old, yet in exceptionally good shape. I could see it was heavily tarnished, yet there appeared to be sharp edges. Knowing that I only had fifty dollars in my wallet, I reached for it just to see the price. To my surprise there was no price tag. Still curious, I asked the dear old lady behind the table, "How much for this?"

She grabbed it out of my hand and turned to her husband asking, "How much for this cork screw?"

He replied, "Two dollars!"

I actually tore the pocket off my jeans grabbing for my wallet to retrieve the two dollars. I am now the proud owner of a Cooper's bung hole borer.

I've never seen any of these before mads, we always learn something from your posts,
very nice restore job
Cheers
Pete