Hi Richard!!!!! Sorry it took so long to get to! Really appreciate the wonderful tools and we are all wondering how amazing the Bernard's story must be! Thanks Again Richard!!!!!!!!!!!!!
32 years driving a city bus! I don't miss anything! Now I work for 6 weeks at Christmas time, as a shopping mall Santa, and I love it! Retirement is great!
Hi Brian! We all dream of the day and hope to make it... I always thought it would be good but it's even better then that! People who love their jobs are different and lucky because they are happy everyday! =) Thanks Brian!!!
I have the Sargent's version of the Bernards,not that old but in decent shape.My grandfather and father both worked at Sargent's,growing up in New Haven I remember that area (Long Wharf) quite well!
WOW! Andrew!!!! Your Father and Grandfather worked for Sargent!!! They were a big tool manufacturer after WW2... Connecticut had so many great tool manufacturers, then the politicians made the State very unfriendly for businesses and they moved out... Now they politicians have turned to taxing homeowners to make up for the lost revenue.. Shame! Thanks Andrew!
Andrew did you see that Ct. PBS documentary on New Haven Pizza? Excellent stuff and discusses how Sargent created the Italian neighborhood that is now famous.
1892! Can't imagine the number of people that treasured that little tool, it wouldn't be here otherwise, what a story to tell. If only... Another interesting tool and page pulled back for the lost history department...Great job!
I was thinking the same thing!!!! I was shocked at the age! It doesn't look like an old tool! The design is timeless! If only it could talk.... Around the world and back again! =) Thanks!!!!!
The small tools are wonderful in the aviation industry. We have tight spaces and small hardware. Those small channel locks would be super to keep in your front pocket all the time.
My first tool was a 4" Cresent brand adjustable wrench. I was 7 years old, so that's 60 years I've had it. It came from our small town local Hardware Store. I loved it in 1958 and I love it today! ...Newk from Kentucky
My dad has wrenches from 6 up to 16(?) inches, so I bought myself a 4 incher mostly because it is cute. Got to love those Bernard's, I'll have to get myself a one or two of those. Great video, as always, and awesome gift from Richard.
When I used to do rental property maintenance I carried the smaller Cresents and vise grips in a pouch along with a multi tool and a multi bit screwdriver. They were small light and often saved me from going back to the truck and lugging up my big tool bag.
I grew up in Florida and went fishing all the time and My dad and all his friends always had a pair of these pliers on their belt when we went offshore fishing. They are really good for fishing and cutting your line
Believe it or not, small tools like the ones in this video are great for put in a saddle bag on a Harley. I have an assortment of tools that fellow riders have laughed at until something happened and I had the PERFECT tool for tight spaces...
Took me back to my childhood on the Bernard pliers. My grandfather lived in St. Pete and did a lot of fishing. He always had these pliers in the tackle box as well as in the workshop. Great restore and also interesting with the miniature tools. The only mini crescent wrenches I remember seeing were made for decorative keychains.
I worked in a wrecking yard for 32 years as the engine man. I carried a 4 inch Proto adjustable model 704 for 13 years and then I lost it, so I carried another one. 13 years later I found my original one at the bottom of a drain in the driveway that was designed to catch and oil from going into the nearby river. I cleaned it up and used it for another 6 years before retiring it. It still worked good, but all the little teeth on the thumb wheel were worn off. I do have a rebuild kit if I ever decide to use it again. That one wrench would open up to 15mm while others made in that time frame only opened up to 9/16. Current model 704's only open up to 1/2 inch. I use to know some bikers that always carried them on key chains to tighten loose bolts on their bikes. My good friend in Commiefornia has a wrecking yard / scrap metal business and has carried 4 inch Proto's since the mid 1960's and is the person that got me started using Proto tools. He has one hanging on the wall in his Kitchen that is marked Plomb on one side and Proto on the other side. I buy every Proto 4 inch old model 704 I can find. New ones cost about $17.00 plus tax around here. Used ones on eBay around the same.
When I was a Scout we were only allowed Propane lanterns in camp because of the danger of liquid fuels... I still have a lantern collection some White gas but mostly propane as it reminds me of my youth,,, The Bernzomatic TX-750 was my favorite!!!!! Still is! Thanks so much!!!!
I'm busier retired than I was when I was working but all my "work" is hobby related. Rebuilding antiques, looking through rolled coins, writing music. Etc! I HAVE lost track of what day it is....fortunately this tablet has the day and date right on the front page! OK...the small adjustable wrenches come in handy with antiques. Tables, for example might have a half dozen different sized square nuts in the screwiest places. I use small adjustables for that kind of stuff. I've also had to use them up inside antique sewing machines to grab nuts that I couldnt get a good grip on with other tools. Anyway!! GREAT Video as always!! Glad to see the amazing miraculous healings of those fingers too!! LOL!
Hi Bill!!! Wow! You have some awesome hobbies too!!!! I have never been happier! I had friends that retired and were miserable because they had no hobbies! Imagine that! They went back to work!!!!! =O
@@ScoutCrafter I'm nuts about learning! I'm nuts about antiques of all kinds....AND I'm just nuts in general! Retirement Fits Me Fine! I'll never be bored!
My grandfather always carried a pair of ignition pliers in his pocket. He had limited range of motion with his fingers so the slip joint made the pliers much easier for him to use. The adjustment knob on a cresent wrench just too difficult. Thanks for sharing! Cheers
I Like that pair of mini channel lock pliers...I have a Klein 6 in. crescent type wrench..It is nice and thin and opens up to 3/4 of an in..I use it a lot on small stuff
Hi Scout - I love Bernard parallel pliers. I have them in several sizes with the smallest being 4 5/8" in length (Sargent & Co.). I use them for stretching wire to remove coil set as well as when wrapping small coil springs. Also use the parallel jaws for secure purchase when fitting/filing small parts. Thanks for sharing and have a happyday!
Several people that I used to work with that retired tell me the same thing, that they lose track of the days... it does happen. As far as the smaller adjustable wrenches, I had a couple of small adjustable & a small 7/16" wrenches that I used to carry in my tool bag when I used to be a Cable TV installer years back. We liked the smaller wrenches because you were less apt to over tighten (over torque) the small CATV fittings (F-Connectors). They are great where you didn't want excessive torque.
Hello my friend!!! Interesting new Zealand pliers first time I see this kind of tool that appears to be good for a Fisherman as you mentioned, the small chanel in the middle of the pliers is a indicius of the use to grab wires or hooks I think!!! 1892 more that one century a piece of history, thanks for another great Restoration video!!!!
Funny you mentioned fishing - we always carried small tool sets both in our tackle box and then also in our boat when we did our Canada fishing trips.. working on fishing equipment or a boat motor, boat trailer,, a small tool can be light, pack in tight and still get the job done in the back bush. Thanks again!
My father told me that the Bernards were given to paperboys, which he was during the depression, for twisting and or cutting the wires that the bundles of newspapers were wrapped with. When I got my route in the 60’s he gave me his which I still have. I just retired in November 👍
I think some electronics or model building might benefit from some of the smaller tools as I am always using small pliers for that kind of work. I'm also glad you had a pair of Bernard's to clean up, I just love seeing those in action; and, I'd like to add that they feel great in your hand even with gloves on.
I have a use for my 4" Bahco adjustable wrench! Model engine parts! I use a 4", 6", and occasionally an 8" on small model steam engines and other tiny parts. The 6 and 8 inch are easy to find, but I actually had to try pretty hard to track down a "real" 4" adjustable wrench. The Bahco one is not quite as tight as the other Bahco/SnapOn wrenches, but it's certainly a functional wrench. Great for tightening really small pipe unions, packing nuts, sight glass seals, etc on live steam models.
Hello Scout Crafter,i live in Serbia and today i came across this pair of pliers for about 3,5 dollars... They are in pristine condition and i just washed them in diesel fuel and hand clean them with scotch brite... They are came out just beautiful and i think i will use them a lot...
I'm always so impressed by your comment section......I spend the five or ten minutes watching the video... Then another 20 reading the below. Lots of good info and good laughs down here.
Hi Christina! Me too!!!! I learn so much from everyone commenting... There are some seriously smart people in the comment section! What a great bunch of people too from all walks of life and all over the world! New Zealand! LOL Thanks Christina!!!
@@ScoutCrafter I think that is one of the great strengths of your channel. Your video topics are interesting and the production value is high. Most of all your audience is part of the show. Lots of feedback and informed commentary from the rest of us in the tool world. Good job John.
I never knew how beautiful New Zealand is until a while back when contacted by a subscriber and looked it up on RUclips! What a great place!!! Better keep it a secret or they will try to ship thousands of people there and tell you it's a good thing! LOL Thanks!!!!!!!
I have some of those same mini water pump style pliers and wrenches even smaller and I don't really regard them as gimmicks. I think they all have their place.
I have a small channel lock type plier that I've had since I was a kid. Never knew what it was made for but it was one of my first tools and I used it for opening testors paint bottles for my models. The small adjustable wrenches are great for tight areas. The small tools will always have a place and purpose IMO. Great clean up on those parallel pliers.
Your so funny forgetting what day it is, but your right because when you are retired days don’t mean anything. Sometimes I have to step back and think what day is today and wonder if I ‘m losing my mind. The small wrenches I found to be useful on small items like fishing reels and model trains. Thanks again.
...nice resto, i got some small channel lock plies like that in a points kit that contained a bunch of curved and flat files for reshaping ignition points,and we called those duck pliers because they had the profile of a wood duck...lol
Thanks great video and so small locking pliers were used for a lot of handles in around the farm in in the old pickup trucks with used crank windows of people carry the small tools in the pocket when working around machinery
Every bodyman My Father ever worked with had a selection of crescent wrenches and Channel-locks. The Crescent wrenches were hated by most because they rounded off the bolt heads and were used rarely. But one of the guys he worked with found a new use for the channel-locks. This little guy had lost his leg during the war so he had a wooden leg that would fall apart on a regular basis. You would hear him calling from the shop toilet for someone to bring him tools to repair it. He stood about 5 foot 6 inches tall and like all old bodymen he loved to drink (Dad always claimed it was the chemicals in the paint thinners that made them all drinkers) and he loved to fight in the little bar down the street from the shop that all the bodymen and mechanics went to after work. One night he was in the bar and a fight broke out and a big hulking guy has this little guys head under his arm just punching the hell out of him. The little guy had been working on his leg before they punched out and he still had a pair of Channel-locks in his back pocket. He reached around and got those locks and clamped them on this big guys testicals! He walked that bruiser out the door on his tip-toes and whupped him before he would unclamp him. So remember, They may design tools for one use but a smart man can always find a new one!.
I have two friends that EDC a small adjustable wrench and a small pair of adjustable pliers. One is a machinist and the other a hvac tech. They both use them on a regular basis.
i have a few of them 4 inch adjustable wrenches i gotten out the garbage someone was cleaning out their garage and just started tossing stuff out . i even got some bigger ones from the same trash find . they all have this clear blue dip coating on em but it can be pealed off n cleaned up really nice
I used to always have a small adjustable spanner (that's what we call them in Australia) in my pocket - they were great for tightening the square headed screws on a lathe tool-post that you use to clamp a toolholder. The correct socket always seemed to be "missing". Also great for quick small screw/not adjustments, weighed nothing and were easy to carry.
Hi Jim! Yes! Perfect for that!!!! =) Speaking of cable, I watched Ben-Hur today... The chariot race is worth the price of admission! My GF never saw the movie and I said I always wished I could have seen this on the big screen... Well, this April they are showing it in select theaters around the country for it's 60th Anniversary... I will be there! for all 3-1/2 hours!!!! =) Thanks Jim!
@@ScoutCrafter Great move! That would be awesome to see on the big screen 😎 In the 90's I went to a political fund raiser breakfast where Charlton Heston was the speaker. He was fantastic. We sat less that 10' from his table. It was a great time 😎😎😎🤠
I have the 4" craftsman 44601, that I bought to help me repair a reel to reel recorder, and a pair of crescent G24 slip joint pliers, which come in at 5"and are really handy in tight spots !
Richard did GOOD as did you! I think my Dad had a set of Bernards until I probably lost them for him and I use the small needle nose Vice Grips a lot. Thanks, Crafty Scout!
Another great job. Amazing, those pliers are over 100 years old and are still smooth and usable. I wonder if anything made today will still be usable 100 years from now?
I like to carry a 4" crescent wrench along with a Klein stubby multi screwdriver. They are small and easy to carry at my job. I do building maintenance in an eighteen story building. Great for doing rounds when I need open and close bleeders on water filters. I check and clean the sock filters daily. Easy to carry all day.
I was just looking for a decent set of compound cutters this morning... RUclips suggestions are getting a little too creepily accurate...Thanks for the vid SC!
Joe's Shop shared as well those small pliers you shared what they are really for ignition pliers for motor operated things he explained and you I believe replied as well, gimmick no, well not for this guy, those little pliers mentioned in your last video and now also the comments I actually used for being thin when I was a teen riding my 10 speed bicycle, I could tighten somethings on the Schwinn that requires small strokes and had to be really thin like for the shift linkage truthfully I just do not remember but there they were kept in the bag under the seat of my bicycle, thank you for sharing them again. lance & Patrick.
I retired five years ago and yes I also loose track of days. Some times even months, example, “What do you mean it’s my birthday again.” My dad had small tools in his tune-up kit. Ignition wrenches. I have a few also.
Great clean up on the Bernard’s. I have two pairs myself. Around 4 inch and six inch. They both have a very nice weight to them and are excellent to use. Quality made. 👍
I wonder if you would comment or do a video about how you go about researching these tools? What you do is amazingly in-depth. I have started cleaning up a bunch of my dad's tools he got from his grandfather, decades ago. Trying to identify some tool makers off of logos is daunting. Thanks again for your terrific videos!
You touched on it only briefly, but the small channel lock type pliers were available in a set as ignition wrench’s. I have a set in a plastic roll from matco. As always enjoy the information and videos.
Hi scout , congratulations on your retirement, you will not miss that 6%, and at 55 yrs old you should be still pretty fit so you can enjoy your free time, I've worked whith guys who went on too long ,and by the time they retired they were worn out, some whith no hobbies or interests, just faded away before their time. You can't have too many hobbies, that way you never get bored, ( He who dies whith the most toys wins) ha'ha' my 4" wrench is used on radiator valves ,and as a tap wrench in tight place, MAUN in the uk make the same canter lever design pliers ,side cutters etc. Handle atachment is different, and tends to pinch your skin, otherwise realy good tool's. Best wishes on your retirement, looking forward to the next video. Stuart.
Hi Stuart! You are so right! My Dad always said if you get ten years of retirement you beat the system... As simple as it sounds I knew a bunch of guys who never got that... Believe it or not the average lifespan of a MTA retiree is less than 3 years!!!!!!! =O Oh well, I'm coming up on two! =) Thanks Stuart!
When I retired I bought my self a Day clock, in which I hung below my regular kitchen clock. It's great from sun up to sun down the one large hand of the clock points to the day and at 12 pm switches to the next day. I imagine you could buy one on line. Cheers? Paul
Hi Paul! It's amazing because our whole lives we know each day awaiting to the weekend and our time off but when retired time no longer matters! Days mean nothing except knowing when the trash goes out! LOL Thanks!
Nice job on those pliers Scout! Approx 10 + years ago at military show at Elvington, York, UK there was a guy selling a whole pallet full of those Bernard pliers , all in US army pouches, as well as Fibreglass (iirc) repro German helmets that'd been used in 'Band of Brothers'. I really wish I'd bought some of those Bernards.
I worked as an HVAC testing, adjusting and balancing tech for a while and a lot of us carried those small vise-grips. About all I used them for was to loosen the wing nut on volume dampers... tin-knockers tend to lock them full open with big-boy vise grips and it could be near impossible to loosen them by hand. Still have my pair but rarely use them.
You can forget the day more often. As long as you think it is a video day. I enjoyed them both a lot (after yesterday I was sort of worried of there being no video today LOL)
I have some of these mini tools, also. I am a volunteer at a clock museum on LI and we use that pair of pliers, and the parallel pliers regularly, being the parts are so small. There are many more small tools we use of varying sorts, also. I'm also looking for more of them myself. Thanks.
I make Muskie Bucktails with .050 stainless wire. Use the small vice grips for forming and bending wire.
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The small vise grips I have used them to pinch of fuel lines or break pipelines, the small crescent wrenches the ones I came across were very sloppy to much play between the rack and the screw. The Bernard Pliers look very handy for light wire work, twisting wire and cutting it. I need one in my tool box.
6" adjustable is probably my favorite size for average bolts if I'm grabbing an adjustable. However, I've been known to grab a 4" for square head grub screws in tight locations.
Man there has been many of times when I have been working on something like a guitar changing out the potentiometer or something small and wished I had some "smaller tools" and something that could be used in a more delicate manner as opposed to your standard hand tools. Heck I have stripped out a ton of those potentiometers going to em with a socket and ratchet or some plyers. So me personally I certainly think that the small hand tools like that have their place in the shop. Now granted a guy is not going to go and rebuild the motor in his pickup truck with em but they do come in handy.
I've seen the small adjustable being used by vending mechanics, they also did the pinball machines, you know the old type with all those clapper solenoids.
Small tools like that are INVALUABLE in the situations where they're applicable. If you work with equipment that has you walking a mile or so from your truck you NEED tools that work in a pinch in the inevitable event stuff needs adjusting. Believe me when I was slinging weedeaters on a military base I'd be a 25-30 minute walk from the truck so if something needed to be addressed any tools I could carry on my person were lifesavers. They won't do heavy duty work of course but they DO have their place.
I have a small crescent, pliers and knipex cobras in my small tool box for service among others. Of course I have a large range of sockets and wrenches in the truck but only use those when I need to be precise. The small size reduce the torque and when used correctly don't round off nuts- all about skill using those small guys- its what makes fast work out of a tedious repair.
I was gonna send you there extract same pliers lol same state too 😂 I would really love one of those mini needle nose locking pliers. Ace job yet again ps I saw stave summers use a mini pair of channel locks like those and they really came I. Handy perfect for what he needed them for
Your right about losing track of time. One day its Monday and the next thing you know its friday and you have no idea where the rest of the week went. Thats what happens to me any way. I like that cresent wrench with the big head on it. It looked like it would come in handy some time. The small vise grips can always be used on something. Just not window cranks. lol
The small little pliers that look like miniature pipe pliers, are ignition pliers. Back in the points and condenser days, they were very handy to loosen the tiny nuts or to leverage a small adjustment.
Another great video. Yes - small tools like that were great for cars that had distributors and points. You look like you're a retired NYC police officer or fireman.
Hi Anthony! I spent 32 years in Transit... 16 years as a Bus Driver and 16 years in the shop.. 1/2 and 1/2! LOL It was great until the MTA took over... Thanks!!!!!!!
Those are definitely some atrange looking pliers but appear to be useful. I have a 4 inch pair of pliers that i planned on doing in the future. Hadnt seen a set in years.
I have a 6-½" pair of Bernards. Mine must be a newer model because the handles are enclosed rather than hollow. In many photos of the studio of the great sculptor, Alexander Calder, we can see a pair of Bernard pliers on the workbench. I think he used them to make models for his larger mobiles. I sometimes call them "Alexander Calder Pliers".
When you said the adjustable wrench came from New Zealand, I thought they would be metric. ; ) I have a 4" adjustable and have used them many times, they are handy and take up little room in a portable tool kit.
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You are more than welcome... You did those proud... as I knew you would. New Zealand is now Famous...woo hoo!..LOL
Hi Richard!!!!! Sorry it took so long to get to! Really appreciate the wonderful tools and we are all wondering how amazing the Bernard's story must be! Thanks Again Richard!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Richard, thanks for sending them, so we could see them.
Man I don’t own tools or know how to build shit but I still love watching this.
Hi Chris! LOL I'm the same way!!!!! =D Thanks so much!
@@ScoutCrafter I thought you owned a *few* tools!
its never to old to learn.
32 years driving a city bus! I don't miss anything! Now I work for 6 weeks at Christmas time, as a shopping mall Santa, and I love it! Retirement is great!
Hi Brian! We all dream of the day and hope to make it... I always thought it would be good but it's even better then that! People who love their jobs are different and lucky because they are happy everyday! =) Thanks Brian!!!
Yes! I enjoyed most days of work, and I enjoy most days of retirement. You get out, what you put in!
Retirement is great!! I took it early, at 54, a couple of years ago. Man, I hated the daily grind.... Now I grind tools 🙂
Hi Armando! I too took early retirement at 55 after 32 years... I took a 6% cut... LOL Best 6% I ever spent!!!!!! LOL Thanks!!!!!! We are so lucky!
I have the Sargent's version of the Bernards,not that old but in decent shape.My grandfather and father both worked at Sargent's,growing up in New Haven I remember that area (Long Wharf) quite well!
WOW! Andrew!!!! Your Father and Grandfather worked for Sargent!!! They were a big tool manufacturer after WW2... Connecticut had so many great tool manufacturers, then the politicians made the State very unfriendly for businesses and they moved out... Now they politicians have turned to taxing homeowners to make up for the lost revenue.. Shame! Thanks Andrew!
Andrew did you see that Ct. PBS documentary on New Haven Pizza? Excellent stuff and discusses how Sargent created the Italian neighborhood that is now famous.
Love those Bernard Pliers, awesome Tools in this upload 👍👍👍
1892! Can't imagine the number of people that treasured that little tool, it wouldn't be here otherwise, what a story to tell. If only...
Another interesting tool and page pulled back for the lost history department...Great job!
I was thinking the same thing!!!! I was shocked at the age! It doesn't look like an old tool! The design is timeless! If only it could talk.... Around the world and back again! =) Thanks!!!!!
The small tools are wonderful in the aviation industry. We have tight spaces and small hardware. Those small channel locks would be super to keep in your front pocket all the time.
My first tool was a 4" Cresent brand adjustable wrench. I was 7 years old, so that's 60 years I've had it. It came from our small town local Hardware Store. I loved it in 1958 and I love it today! ...Newk from Kentucky
Hi Newk! WOW! That is awesome!! Imagine that!
And I thought I was the only one that forgot what day it is. I love seeing your interesting tools and hearing a little about their history.
Hi Robert! It's embarrassing when I hear the garbage trucks and run around in a panic! LOL Thanks!
Carried a 4 inch for work for several years, always in my pocket and it earned its keep. Electronics/electrical tech.
Thanks Bobby!!!!
My dad has wrenches from 6 up to 16(?) inches, so I bought myself a 4 incher mostly because it is cute. Got to love those Bernard's, I'll have to get myself a one or two of those. Great video, as always, and awesome gift from Richard.
When I used to do rental property maintenance I carried the smaller Cresents and vise grips in a pouch along with a multi tool and a multi bit screwdriver. They were small light and often saved me from going back to the truck and lugging up my big tool bag.
Hi Abe! Yes! I can see the 4" being very useful! Thanks so much!
I grew up in Florida and went fishing all the time and My dad and all his friends always had a pair of these pliers on their belt when we went offshore fishing. They are really good for fishing and cutting your line
You are so right! It's funny but that is another reason why so many of these are rusty on the second hand market! LOL Thanks!!!!
Believe it or not, small tools like the ones in this video are great for put in a saddle bag on a Harley. I have an assortment of tools that fellow riders have laughed at until something happened and I had the PERFECT tool for tight spaces...
Took me back to my childhood on the Bernard pliers. My grandfather lived in St. Pete and did a lot of fishing. He always had these pliers in the tackle box as well as in the workshop. Great restore and also interesting with the miniature tools. The only mini crescent wrenches I remember seeing were made for decorative keychains.
Hi Lee! Funny how I really never had Bernards growing up but I am making up for that now! LOL Thanks!!
I worked in a wrecking yard for 32 years as the engine man. I carried a 4 inch Proto adjustable model 704 for 13 years and then I lost it, so I carried another one. 13 years later I found my original one at the bottom of a drain in the driveway that was designed to catch and oil from going into the nearby river. I cleaned it up and used it for another 6 years before retiring it. It still worked good, but all the little teeth on the thumb wheel were worn off. I do have a rebuild kit if I ever decide to use it again. That one wrench would open up to 15mm while others made in that time frame only opened up to 9/16. Current model 704's only open up to 1/2 inch. I use to know some bikers that always carried them on key chains to tighten loose bolts on their bikes. My good friend in Commiefornia has a wrecking yard / scrap metal business and has carried 4 inch Proto's since the mid 1960's and is the person that got me started using Proto tools. He has one hanging on the wall in his Kitchen that is marked Plomb on one side and Proto on the other side. I buy every Proto 4 inch old model 704 I can find. New ones cost about $17.00 plus tax around here. Used ones on eBay around the same.
Chuck! What a great story!!!!!!
THANK YOU...for sharing.
I use the little crescent type wrenches on coleman type lanterns and stoves. thanks for doing what you do, my daughter and i love to watch your vids.
When I was a Scout we were only allowed Propane lanterns in camp because of the danger of liquid fuels... I still have a lantern collection some White gas but mostly propane as it reminds me of my youth,,, The Bernzomatic TX-750 was my favorite!!!!! Still is! Thanks so much!!!!
I'm busier retired than I was when I was working but all my "work" is hobby related. Rebuilding antiques, looking through rolled coins, writing music. Etc! I HAVE lost track of what day it is....fortunately this tablet has the day and date right on the front page! OK...the small adjustable wrenches come in handy with antiques. Tables, for example might have a half dozen different sized square nuts in the screwiest places. I use small adjustables for that kind of stuff. I've also had to use them up inside antique sewing machines to grab nuts that I couldnt get a good grip on with other tools. Anyway!! GREAT Video as always!! Glad to see the amazing miraculous healings of those fingers too!! LOL!
Hi Bill!!! Wow! You have some awesome hobbies too!!!! I have never been happier! I had friends that retired and were miserable because they had no hobbies! Imagine that! They went back to work!!!!! =O
@@ScoutCrafter I'm nuts about learning! I'm nuts about antiques of all kinds....AND I'm just nuts in general! Retirement Fits Me Fine! I'll never be bored!
My grandfather always carried a pair of ignition pliers in his pocket. He had limited range of motion with his fingers so the slip joint made the pliers much easier for him to use. The adjustment knob on a cresent wrench just too difficult. Thanks for sharing! Cheers
Hi Joe! It's funny how we remember little things like that about our grandparents! =) Thanks!!!!!!
I Like that pair of mini channel lock pliers...I have a Klein 6 in. crescent type wrench..It is nice and thin and opens up to 3/4 of an in..I use it a lot on small stuff
Hi Scout - I love Bernard parallel pliers. I have them in several sizes with the smallest being 4 5/8" in length (Sargent & Co.). I use them for stretching wire to remove coil set as well as when wrapping small coil springs. Also use the parallel jaws for secure purchase when fitting/filing small parts. Thanks for sharing and have a happyday!
Hi John! I'm late to the scene but a huge fan now!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!
I love the Kennedy box!
Hi Anna! I will address that very soon, I love that box! Thanks so much!!!
Several people that I used to work with that retired tell me the same thing, that they lose track of the days... it does happen.
As far as the smaller adjustable wrenches, I had a couple of small adjustable & a small 7/16" wrenches that I used to carry in my tool bag when I used to be a Cable TV installer years back. We liked the smaller wrenches because you were less apt to over tighten (over torque) the small CATV fittings (F-Connectors). They are great where you didn't want excessive torque.
Hi Pete! Yes! Cable installers would definitely have a use for these! Thanks so much!!!!!
Hello my friend!!! Interesting new Zealand pliers first time I see this kind of tool that appears to be good for a Fisherman as you mentioned, the small chanel in the middle of the pliers is a indicius of the use to grab wires or hooks I think!!! 1892 more that one century a piece of history, thanks for another great Restoration video!!!!
Hello Wladimir! Imagine they still make these today!!!!! What a great design!!! Thanks so much!!!!!
Funny you mentioned fishing - we always carried small tool sets both in our tackle box and then also in our boat when we did our Canada fishing trips.. working on fishing equipment or a boat motor, boat trailer,, a small tool can be light, pack in tight and still get the job done in the back bush. Thanks again!
You are so right! On a boat you have to think different! Just in case!!!!! Thanks!!!!
My father told me that the Bernards were given to paperboys, which he was during the depression, for twisting and or cutting the wires that the bundles of newspapers were wrapped with. When I got my route in the 60’s he gave me his which I still have. I just retired in November 👍
The small adjustable's I found were great when shaping small details on sheet metal. Great video. Bob UK
Thanks so much!!!!!
Carried a small set all the time on the flight all the time. Very handy. Never seen the cutters before . nice .
Wow! I don't see many without the cutters! Thanks!!!!!
I think some electronics or model building might benefit from some of the smaller tools as I am always using small pliers for that kind of work. I'm also glad you had a pair of Bernard's to clean up, I just love seeing those in action; and, I'd like to add that they feel great in your hand even with gloves on.
I have a use for my 4" Bahco adjustable wrench! Model engine parts! I use a 4", 6", and occasionally an 8" on small model steam engines and other tiny parts. The 6 and 8 inch are easy to find, but I actually had to try pretty hard to track down a "real" 4" adjustable wrench. The Bahco one is not quite as tight as the other Bahco/SnapOn wrenches, but it's certainly a functional wrench. Great for tightening really small pipe unions, packing nuts, sight glass seals, etc on live steam models.
Very good mini tools !!! 👌😃👍
Thanks Krum!!!
Hello Scout Crafter,i live in Serbia and today i came across this pair of pliers for about 3,5 dollars...
They are in pristine condition and i just washed them in diesel fuel and hand clean them with scotch brite...
They are came out just beautiful and i think i will use them a lot...
Carried a pair of the Benard in my tackle box for yrs now I use them working on my marx Trains thanks for the video ( Doug in Ga)
Hi Doug! They are really well made! Thanks!
I'm always so impressed by your comment section......I spend the five or ten minutes watching the video... Then another 20 reading the below. Lots of good info and good laughs down here.
Hi Christina! Me too!!!! I learn so much from everyone commenting... There are some seriously smart people in the comment section! What a great bunch of people too from all walks of life and all over the world! New Zealand! LOL Thanks Christina!!!
@@ScoutCrafter I think that is one of the great strengths of your channel. Your video topics are interesting and the production value is high. Most of all your audience is part of the show. Lots of feedback and informed commentary from the rest of us in the tool world. Good job John.
Yeah , go New Zealand !!!
I never knew how beautiful New Zealand is until a while back when contacted by a subscriber and looked it up on RUclips! What a great place!!! Better keep it a secret or they will try to ship thousands of people there and tell you it's a good thing! LOL Thanks!!!!!!!
I have some of those same mini water pump style pliers and wrenches even smaller and I don't really regard them as gimmicks. I think they all have their place.
Hi Joe, It's interesting to see the comment what people use these small tools for! Thanks!!!!!
I have a small channel lock type plier that I've had since I was a kid. Never knew what it was made for but it was one of my first tools and I used it for opening testors paint bottles for my models. The small adjustable wrenches are great for tight areas. The small tools will always have a place and purpose IMO. Great clean up on those parallel pliers.
Hi Steve! Can you imagine the life of these Bernards? 1/2 way around the world and back again!! =) Wow! Thanks!!!!!!
That's really awesome!!!!
Your so funny forgetting what day it is, but your right because when you are retired days don’t mean anything. Sometimes I have to step back and think what day is today and wonder if I ‘m losing my mind. The small wrenches I found to be useful on small items like fishing reels and model trains. Thanks again.
Hi Tony! When you are working on fishing reels and trains you know life is good!!!!!! =D Thanks!!!!!!!!
...nice resto, i got some small channel lock plies like that in a points kit that contained a bunch of curved and flat files for reshaping ignition points,and we called those duck pliers because they had the profile of a wood duck...lol
Thanks great video and so small locking pliers were used for a lot of handles in around the farm in in the old pickup trucks with used crank windows of people carry the small tools in the pocket when working around machinery
Hi WQ! LOL Yes! I remember window Crank substitutes!!!! =) Thanks so much!!!!!
I use a lot of tiny tools and I love them for working on my rc cars and my guitars
Thanks Erin! All the small tools I use have full size handles... =)
Every bodyman My Father ever worked with had a selection of crescent wrenches and Channel-locks. The Crescent wrenches were hated by most because they rounded off the bolt heads and were used rarely. But one of the guys he worked with found a new use for the channel-locks. This little guy had lost his leg during the war so he had a wooden leg that would fall apart on a regular basis. You would hear him calling from the shop toilet for someone to bring him tools to repair it. He stood about 5 foot 6 inches tall and like all old bodymen he loved to drink (Dad always claimed it was the chemicals in the paint thinners that made them all drinkers) and he loved to fight in the little bar down the street from the shop that all the bodymen and mechanics went to after work. One night he was in the bar and a fight broke out and a big hulking guy has this little guys head under his arm just punching the hell out of him. The little guy had been working on his leg before they punched out and he still had a pair of Channel-locks in his back pocket. He reached around and got those locks and clamped them on this big guys testicals! He walked that bruiser out the door on his tip-toes and whupped him before he would unclamp him. So remember, They may design tools for one use but a smart man can always find a new one!.
Interesting tool! Thanks scout! Always learning from your videos
Thanks so much Suzie!!
I have two friends that EDC a small adjustable wrench and a small pair of adjustable pliers. One is a machinist and the other a hvac tech. They both use them on a regular basis.
Hi Warren! I just found out they use these a lot in surgery! Medical catalogs carry them! =) Thanks!
i have a few of them 4 inch adjustable wrenches i gotten out the garbage someone was cleaning out their garage and just started tossing stuff out . i even got some bigger ones from the same trash find . they all have this clear blue dip coating on em but it can be pealed off n cleaned up really nice
WOW! Steve, what a great find! Can you imagine how much stuff goes into the landfill that's still good!? Thanks!
I keep those 4 inch adjustable wrenches in my socket cases. Comes in handy when you need a wrench to hold a nut while backing the bolt off.
Hello Tom! Yes! They are especially good for that! Thanks!!!!!!
I used to always have a small adjustable spanner (that's what we call them in Australia) in my pocket - they were great for tightening the square headed screws on a lathe tool-post that you use to clamp a toolholder. The correct socket always seemed to be "missing". Also great for quick small screw/not adjustments, weighed nothing and were easy to carry.
Thanks so much Steven!!!!!
Cool stuff 👍😎 I occasionally use my 4" adjustable wrench for some situations but I've probably used them more for loosing coaxial cable connections.
Hi Jim! Yes! Perfect for that!!!! =) Speaking of cable, I watched Ben-Hur today... The chariot race is worth the price of admission! My GF never saw the movie and I said I always wished I could have seen this on the big screen... Well, this April they are showing it in select theaters around the country for it's 60th Anniversary... I will be there! for all 3-1/2 hours!!!! =) Thanks Jim!
@@ScoutCrafter Great move! That would be awesome to see on the big screen 😎
In the 90's I went to a political fund raiser breakfast where Charlton Heston was the speaker. He was fantastic. We sat less that 10' from his table. It was a great time 😎😎😎🤠
I have the 4" craftsman 44601, that I bought to help me repair a reel to reel recorder, and a pair of crescent
G24 slip joint pliers, which come in at 5"and are really handy in tight spots !
Thanks David!
I have a 5 inch pair of knipex cobra pliers. They are great and very useful.
kool tool nice and handy ... thanks scout .. †
Richard did GOOD as did you! I think my Dad had a set of Bernards until I probably lost them for him and I use the small needle nose Vice Grips a lot. Thanks, Crafty Scout!
Hi Lewie! I really had no idea the Bernards were so old! They look very timeless in design! Thanks Lewie!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter My Dads looked just like that. Whodathunkit!
Always use these small tool they come in handy, love the Bernard and glad to see you heal fast!
LOL Thanks HHI!!!!
Another great job. Amazing, those pliers are over 100 years old and are still smooth and usable. I wonder if anything made today will still be usable 100 years from now?
Hi Jim! Imagine what life that had!? Imagine the things they have seen! 1/2 way around the world!!!!! AND BACK!!!! Wow!
I like to carry a 4" crescent wrench along with a Klein stubby multi screwdriver. They are small and easy to carry at my job. I do building maintenance in an eighteen story building. Great for doing rounds when I need open and close bleeders on water filters. I check and clean the sock filters daily. Easy to carry all day.
Hi Robert! Awesome!!!!!!!! Thanks so much!
I use a lot of small tools...no gimmick here...metric is my favorite...many usages for small adjustable...Bernard pliers came out great...
Hi Blackie! I'm almost ashamed I didn't know how good Bernard pliers were or how long they have been around! Thanks so much!
I always like the retro print adds you find for the tools you fix up! That is a pro touch!
Thanks so much!
We called the Barnard pliers Side cutters and used them on Royal Navel minesweeping vessels for wiring shackles pins in place
I was just looking for a decent set of compound cutters this morning... RUclips suggestions are getting a little too creepily accurate...Thanks for the vid SC!
LOL! They are Google owned now and Google watches everything!!!! =) Thanks so much!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter As long as they keep suggesting your awesome content then I guess its OK...;D
Joe's Shop shared as well those small pliers you shared what they are really for ignition pliers for motor operated things he explained and you I believe replied as well, gimmick no, well not for this guy, those little pliers mentioned in your last video and now also the comments I actually used for being thin when I was a teen riding my 10 speed bicycle, I could tighten somethings on the Schwinn that requires small strokes and had to be really thin like for the shift linkage truthfully I just do not remember but there they were kept in the bag under the seat of my bicycle, thank you for sharing them again. lance & Patrick.
It's amazing how many great uses are in the comment section! Thanks so much!!!!!
I retired five years ago and yes I also loose track of days. Some times even months, example, “What do you mean it’s my birthday again.”
My dad had small tools in his tune-up kit. Ignition wrenches.
I have a few also.
Best 5 years ever!!!!! =D
Great video. Loved the small pliers.
I carry the 4inch crescent on my keychain to tighten up the bolts on my Harley while out riding they work great
Great clean up on the Bernard’s. I have two pairs myself. Around 4 inch and six inch. They both have a very nice weight to them and are excellent to use. Quality made. 👍
Hi Bruce! I am amazed at how early they were invented! Thanks!!!!
Thank you, Sir, for yet another dose of tool knowledge! Can’t wait to see Wednesday‘s video.
Hi Scott! Imagine what those Bernards have seen in their lifetime! =) Thanks!!!!!!
Those pliers really cleaned up nicely! I never used tools that small but they are neat looking.Thanks for sharing this very interesting tutorial.
Hi John! Thanks so much!!!!
I wonder if you would comment or do a video about how you go about researching these tools? What you do is amazingly in-depth. I have started cleaning up a bunch of my dad's tools he got from his grandfather, decades ago. Trying to identify some tool makers off of logos is daunting. Thanks again for your terrific videos!
Hi Mike! My go-to resource is Alloy-Artifacts.org they are amazing! You can find out so much there! Thanks!
You touched on it only briefly, but the small channel lock type pliers were available in a set as ignition wrench’s. I have a set in a plastic roll from matco. As always enjoy the information and videos.
Hi David! I have two sets of ignition wrenches and never got the pliers! Now I feel gipped! LOL Thanks!!!!!!!
Hi scout , congratulations on your retirement, you will not miss that 6%, and at 55 yrs old you should be still pretty fit so you can enjoy your free time, I've worked whith guys who went on too long ,and by the time they retired they were worn out, some whith no hobbies or interests, just faded away before their time. You can't have too many hobbies, that way you never get bored, ( He who dies whith the most toys wins) ha'ha' my 4" wrench is used on radiator valves ,and as a tap wrench in tight place, MAUN in the uk make the same canter lever design pliers ,side cutters etc. Handle atachment is different, and tends to pinch your skin, otherwise realy good tool's. Best wishes on your retirement, looking forward to the next video. Stuart.
Hi Stuart! You are so right! My Dad always said if you get ten years of retirement you beat the system... As simple as it sounds I knew a bunch of guys who never got that... Believe it or not the average lifespan of a MTA retiree is less than 3 years!!!!!!! =O Oh well, I'm coming up on two! =) Thanks Stuart!
When I retired I bought my self a Day clock, in which I hung below my regular kitchen clock. It's great from sun up to sun down the one large hand of the clock points to the day and at 12 pm switches to the next day. I imagine you could buy one on line. Cheers? Paul
Hi Paul! It's amazing because our whole lives we know each day awaiting to the weekend and our time off but when retired time no longer matters! Days mean nothing except knowing when the trash goes out! LOL Thanks!
Nice job on those pliers Scout! Approx 10 + years ago at military show at Elvington, York, UK there was a guy selling a whole pallet full of those Bernard pliers , all in US army pouches, as well as Fibreglass (iirc) repro German helmets that'd been used in 'Band of Brothers'. I really wish I'd bought some of those Bernards.
WOW!!!!! I love stuff like that!!! Military surplus is awesome for great deals. What a score! Thanks!!!!!
wow came out beautiful. God bless you family and friends.
Thanks so much Reynaldo!!
I worked as an HVAC testing, adjusting and balancing tech for a while and a lot of us carried those small vise-grips. About all I used them for was to loosen the wing nut on volume dampers... tin-knockers tend to lock them full open with big-boy vise grips and it could be near impossible to loosen them by hand. Still have my pair but rarely use them.
Wow! Thanks so much Richard!
You can forget the day more often. As long as you think it is a video day. I enjoyed them both a lot (after yesterday I was sort of worried of there being no video today LOL)
Hi Alex!! I'm back on track! LOL Thanks!!!!!
I have some of these mini tools, also. I am a volunteer at a clock museum on LI and we use that pair of pliers, and the parallel pliers regularly, being the parts are so small. There are many more small tools we use of varying sorts, also. I'm also looking for more of them myself.
Thanks.
Thanks Steven!!!!!!
Nice work.
I make Muskie Bucktails with .050 stainless wire. Use the small vice grips for forming and bending wire.
The small vise grips I have used them to pinch of fuel lines or break pipelines, the small crescent wrenches the ones I came across were very sloppy to much play between the rack and the screw. The Bernard Pliers look very handy for light wire work, twisting wire and cutting it. I need one in my tool box.
Hi Tony! You really need a pair of Bernards! Just lovely!!!! Thanks so much!!!
6" adjustable is probably my favorite size for average bolts if I'm grabbing an adjustable. However, I've been known to grab a 4" for square head grub screws in tight locations.
Great video. I picked up a 3" adjustable spanner and thought it was from a toy box but I can now see it might be a proper tool.
Hi Tony! Yes! Lots of great comments from people who use them for different jobs!! Amazing! Thanks!
Another cool video!! I use my smaller grips all the time plus the small adjustable wrenches are also handy on the farm equipment I work on.
Thanks Irwin!!!!!!
Man there has been many of times when I have been working on something like a guitar changing out the potentiometer or something small and wished I had some "smaller tools" and something that could be used in a more delicate manner as opposed to your standard hand tools. Heck I have stripped out a ton of those potentiometers going to em with a socket and ratchet or some plyers. So me personally I certainly think that the small hand tools like that have their place in the shop. Now granted a guy is not going to go and rebuild the motor in his pickup truck with em but they do come in handy.
I have a nice selection of small headed tools with normal handles that are great! It's the miniature tools that always stump me! =) Thanks MMM!!!!!
I don’t have any small tools. Love that wrench. Will be looking for that.
those small vice grips are very useful to hold nuts in tight spaces. The other ones maybe for some trade i don't know about
Thanks David!!!!!
I've seen the small adjustable being used by vending mechanics, they also did the pinball machines, you know the old type with all those clapper solenoids.
Mechanical amusements were the BEST!!!! =)
Small tools like that are INVALUABLE in the situations where they're applicable. If you work with equipment that has you walking a mile or so from your truck you NEED tools that work in a pinch in the inevitable event stuff needs adjusting. Believe me when I was slinging weedeaters on a military base I'd be a 25-30 minute walk from the truck so if something needed to be addressed any tools I could carry on my person were lifesavers. They won't do heavy duty work of course but they DO have their place.
I'm trying to convince my dentist to get smaller tools... =P
I have a small crescent, pliers and knipex cobras in my small tool box for service among others. Of course I have a large range of sockets and wrenches in the truck but only use those when I need to be precise. The small size reduce the torque and when used correctly don't round off nuts- all about skill using those small guys- its what makes fast work out of a tedious repair.
Thanks so much DH!!!!!!!
I was gonna send you there extract same pliers lol same state too 😂 I would really love one of those mini needle nose locking pliers. Ace job yet again ps I saw stave summers use a mini pair of channel locks like those and they really came I. Handy perfect for what he needed them for
Your right about losing track of time. One day its Monday and the next thing you know its friday and you have no idea where the rest of the week went. Thats what happens to me any way. I like that cresent wrench with the big head on it. It looked like it would come in handy some time. The small vise grips can always be used on something. Just not window cranks. lol
You're right! That big headed adjustable looks strange yet functional! =) Thanks !!!!!!
I have a 4” wrench that I carried on my bicycle in case I need to make a repair while traveling.
They are very handy!! Well made too! Thanks!!!
Talk about retirement, I started mine last May. Loving it!
@@johnhartley3596 Awesome!! This May will be 2 years out for me! I am happy as a Clam! LOL I know you are too!!!!
Love my knipex 125 plier wrench and cobra pliers
Those are beauties!!!!
I need a pair of the Bernards! I use the smaller tool occasionally
Hi Bernie!! Yes! They are so cheap and available! I am ashamed it took me so long! =) Thanks!
The small little pliers that look like miniature pipe pliers, are ignition pliers. Back in the points and condenser days, they were very handy to loosen the tiny nuts or to leverage a small adjustment.
Hi Jack! I have always had a set of ignition wrenches but never thought of an adjustable option! Thanks!!!!!!!
Jack Macica --- Beat me to it. Snap-on had some like those in the 60s. The first mechanic I worked with carried them with him always. RIP Kurt.
Another great video. Yes - small tools like that were great for cars that had distributors and points.
You look like you're a retired NYC police officer or fireman.
Hi Anthony! I spent 32 years in Transit... 16 years as a Bus Driver and 16 years in the shop.. 1/2 and 1/2! LOL It was great until the MTA took over... Thanks!!!!!!!
Well I was somewhat close. Being a native NY upstateer, I can tell.
Those are definitely some atrange looking pliers but appear to be useful. I have a 4 inch pair of pliers that i planned on doing in the future. Hadnt seen a set in years.
Hi Joe! These pliers were so great they are still made today!!!!!! Thanks!
I have a 6-½" pair of Bernards. Mine must be a newer model because the handles are enclosed rather than hollow. In many photos of the studio of the great sculptor, Alexander Calder, we can see a pair of Bernard pliers on the workbench. I think he used them to make models for his larger mobiles. I sometimes call them "Alexander Calder Pliers".
Hello Carver! Yes, later on (and in Wednesday's video) the handles were enclosed. Very different feel to them! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
When you said the adjustable wrench came from New Zealand, I thought they would be metric. ; ) I have a 4" adjustable and have used them many times, they are handy and take up little room in a portable tool kit.
I agree 100%, Thanks BK!
Interesting pliers - I’ve never seen those before.