MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
When I first moved into this house all my Grandfathers stuff was still here, these two tool boxes in particular. The problem was my father took my grandfathers keys immediately and if you knew my father presumably to never be seen again for a variety of different reasons. When my father passed away I was tasked with cleaning out the house, three 40 yard dumpsters later we were done.
It wasn't till the end and we were clearing the shelves in the hobby room I moved a mug and herd a jingle, in the mug as a velvet bag and I thought was going to be coins, nope, keys! Right away I knew these were my grandfathers keys, we had been keeping an eye out for them the entire time. One of the keys opened my grandfathers machinist tool box that my younger brother had.
When I got home I tried the key and at first it didn't seem to work, it took a little trial and error to figure it out, turn key 90^ open lid, torn key 90^ and remove. The smaller box worked just fine.
Before we get to the tools a little about their history.
My great grandparents, my grandfather, his sister.
My great grandfather Osmund Erland was born 1874 in Norway, from a young age (14) he would cross the Atlantic to visit an uncle in Wisconsin, later he took work working the dock both in Norway and New York. It wasn't long before he got a job as a finish carpenter in Los Angeles where his tool chest started. We're guessing it dates back to at least 1900 and has crossed the Atlantic a few times. The smaller box appears to be newer and may have been my grandfathers, both boxes look to be home built with no ID on them.
The smaller box has a fold down front with two drawers inside, there is a notch on the box to allow the framing square to fit.
The first saw is unusual and I'm sure had a specific purpose, the handle is laminated, quite possibly made from scrap wood from a project.
Next up is a block plane, solid wood including the wedge.
This plane is a little unusual having a fence built in. The frame had broken and was repaired back in the day.
It wasn't till the end and we were clearing the shelves in the hobby room I moved a mug and herd a jingle, in the mug as a velvet bag and I thought was going to be coins, nope, keys! Right away I knew these were my grandfathers keys, we had been keeping an eye out for them the entire time. One of the keys opened my grandfathers machinist tool box that my younger brother had.
When I got home I tried the key and at first it didn't seem to work, it took a little trial and error to figure it out, turn key 90^ open lid, torn key 90^ and remove. The smaller box worked just fine.
Before we get to the tools a little about their history.
My great grandparents, my grandfather, his sister.
My great grandfather Osmund Erland was born 1874 in Norway, from a young age (14) he would cross the Atlantic to visit an uncle in Wisconsin, later he took work working the dock both in Norway and New York. It wasn't long before he got a job as a finish carpenter in Los Angeles where his tool chest started. We're guessing it dates back to at least 1900 and has crossed the Atlantic a few times. The smaller box appears to be newer and may have been my grandfathers, both boxes look to be home built with no ID on them.
The smaller box has a fold down front with two drawers inside, there is a notch on the box to allow the framing square to fit.
The first saw is unusual and I'm sure had a specific purpose, the handle is laminated, quite possibly made from scrap wood from a project.
Next up is a block plane, solid wood including the wedge.
This plane is a little unusual having a fence built in. The frame had broken and was repaired back in the day.
