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A collection of workshop hand tools including examples by Paramo, Starrett, and Worldwide. The lot comprises an assortment of mechanics and woodworkers tools including G-clamps, spanners, hammers, and precision instruments housed in multiple plastic crates. The tools are primarily constructed from steel, chrome vanadium steel, and cast iron, featuring handles of hardwood, moulded plastic, and rubberised grips. A large metal clamp is cast with the characters PARAMO and is fitted with a turned wooden handle. A rectangular brown fibreboard box is stamped with a mark reading Starrett in a rectangular border. The lot further includes a carded set of eight metric hex wrenches labelled WORLDWIDE QUALITY TOOLS, a blue-painted cast-iron G-clamp marked MADE IN ENGLAND, and a blue-painted bench vice. Also present are a soft-faced mallet with a white and yellow head, a pickaxe head on a wooden shaft, a hacksaw, and a quantity of open-ended, ring, and combination spanners, multiple examples of which are marked CHROME VANADIUM.
Condition report:
The lot is in mixed as-found condition. Several steel items, including the pickaxe head (photo 5) and the Paramo clamp (photo 2), show significant surface oxidation and heavy rust. The Worldwide hex key set appears unused in its original card packaging (photo 1). The soft-faced mallet displays moderate use and marking to the striking surfaces (photo 1). The wooden handles on various tools show age-related staining, wear, and surface splitting (photo 2, photo 3). The fibreboard and plastic cases exhibit surface dust and scuffing (photo 4). Completeness of items within the blue and red plastic tool cases has not been confirmed.
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