Dang Chuck, you've never had to break up ice?
**Closed*** Ice Picks for trade or sale
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Dang Chuck, you've never had to break up ice?
Like an awl to start holes for drilling. Also use them to scratch a line for band-sawing. And occasionally I use them for their intended purpose - to break up bagged ice that I buy at grocery stores. The steel in an ice pick is extremely strong and will stand lots of abuse. The ones you have are becoming relics but they are still very useful.
Yea, but that's what hammers are for... Chuck
Alton, if you still have some, I will take 6.....you know, because we have so much ice to break up here in CA.
More than we do in Texas.
Depending on where you live I suppose. I lived in TX for for over 30 years and had more than a hand full of days of scraping ice or snow off windows.
I think in the 21 years I have lived in CA, I think I have scraped FROST off my windows twice.
Now when I lived in AK.....a whole nother story.... LOL
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Current stock level with hidden reserve. Not that that matters.
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I originally showed interest in just the printed handles of the ice house home town which is where I grew up. I believed the older generation of town that remembered there was an ice house before our time would have a nostalgia connection and want a souvenir of the business. as i was looking over the imprinted pick, one of the owner asked me why didn't I buy all of them. I said they would want too much for all of them and the answer was you would be surprised. They wanted the old local machine tool industry wooden boxes the pick were packed in for resale. So into a tote or two or three were dumped all the picks. The printed ones will be sold locally in state more than likely. I have bought a few large lots of assorted items and figured out how to get rid of them afterwards.
Got my box today, thanks Alton, I'll get some skeet together for you this weekend. Any ideas on polishing up the metal collars?
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As you will have the collars off, I would either paint them a metallic silver or some color close to the color of them or with a collett chuck make a tapered holder and spin polish with either steel wool or fine sandpaper. Time is money so it needs to be quick and add value versus leaving them as they are.
I'll take a dozen if you have any left. Let me know
My six arrived today in great shape. Well packed, Alton. Just a little rust remover and polishing and these will be good as new.
Thanks buddy.
Thanks buddy.
Received my dozen.. well packaged. Thank you Alton
Alton I would take 12 if you have them (fairly decent ones please). PM me price and shipping and I'll PayPal you.