Getting tools in Australia?!?

[chrisash]

With modern production it may be more of the skill of the draftsperson  than the skill of the machinest on making tools these days as i imagine most if not all are made by cad these days where there is high quality brought about by consistancy, acuracy and low cost benifits.

Old skills are great to remember and praise, but the world moves on; and just maybe, high price items made by skilled craftsmen years ago, are still used as justification by a well known brand , even though the craftsmen are no longer hired but CAD has taken over

[Rockoboy]

Private sales of used tools are few and far between in Australia, but they do come along occasionally. I keep my ear to the ground, and I try to make sure I have cash available to me as much as possible, so I can snap up any decent offers that float past.

I have bought a few dozen tools from a bloke in the UK, whose name escapes me. He bought out a tool retailer of 100's or 1000's of New Zealand made tools, which I think were Kelly Tool Co. I got all of these from eBay for around the $10 - $15AUD mark.

 

[noobleather]

Tools in Aus are few and far between because Rockoboy buys them all 

[Chain]

There is a Facebook Group for selling and swapping tools in OZ

https://www.facebook.com/groups/872546072765532/

[chuck123wapati]

Your on the right track, Tools aren't scarce here in Wyoming but money is lol. I make what I can, forget about what I want and buy only what I need. I have made a good share of my equipment, head knife, awls, modeling tools, a few stamps,  mallet and  stitching pony. to name a few. I find you can re work a number of cheaper tools to fit your needs also such as old screwdrivers. If you have metalworking tools you are a step ahead of the game.

[Rockoboy]

On ‎4‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 6:04 PM, noobleather said:

Tools in Aus are few and far between because Rockoboy buys them all 

HEYYY!!! I resemble that remark!

[Discus49]

https://www.leffler.com.au/ is worth a look.  Bit like Birdsall but reasonable prices, forget exchange rates and overseas freight.

I find Birdsall has some good prices on leather.

[silverback]

Hillldale, what side are you on. East or west

 

[Chain]

Barry King Tools In Oz Here: https://www.chaylor.com.au

 

 

[MikeRock]

Hilldale, and others,

Eons ago in the mid-1950's, in Boy Scouts, we had a great craftsman scoutmaster.  He had us making leather stamps out of large wood spikes and carriage bolts.  We'd use his hoard of metal files and some punches and chisels to make a basic form, then refine it.

Stamping leather, the soft spikes were plenty hard and gave us a start on a fascinating hobby.  On some of his tools, then some of ours, he'd use cyanide to harden them, then later Kasenit.   He'd help touch up little features, was a wizard with a file.  I still have some of those tools upstairs....  I believe there is an article on his work in an old issue of Boy's Life magazine.