Tool Tourism: Charlie's Second Hand Store, Denver, Colorado. "We Are Oddly Fond of Tools" Est. 1928!
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Tool Tourism: Charlie's Second Hand Store, Denver, Colorado. "We Are Oddly Fond of Tools"
Buying and selling tools since 1928.
www.usedtoolsplus.com
2227 Larimer st. Denver, CO 80205
(303)295-1781
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What a great store and very friendly people I have been shopping there for the last 30 years. I bought many of tools from there and never a problem with anything. Hope they stick around another 100 years. My grandfather took me there for the first time and it brings back memories. Great video thanks for sharing.👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸💯💯🔧🔧
What?! I'm not the only weirdo who loves to walk through old hardware stores to see what's unique?
My grandfather owned a roofing company in Denver and I'm sure he started bringing me into Charlie's as a toddler. I worked with him as a teenager and we went in often. It's absolutely delightful to see Steve is still running this the same way his grandpa did. The shop hasn't changed a bit from my 60 year old memory. I hope to stop in next time I'm visiting Colorado.
In about 1967 or so I had a long layover at the old airport in Denver and had met a Denver veteran coming back from Vietnam and being in the military myself at that time he invited me to go into town with him and he took me there. I was amazed but I never had a chance to go back. Thanks for sharing this video.
What a fabulous shop. I hope he’s around for another 100 years
Love that you narrated this one instead of music. Great job.
He didnt narrate most of it, he just read reviews from google that i can read myself.
**facepalm** @@mrestum
I bought everything I needed to start a construction job 50 years ago, great place.
Have been a regular customer here for years, the best place ever.
Love Charlie's! Steve is the man when I was first starting off my lawn care business he would always give me student discounts on already discounted tools. Good guy, good business, and a great place to be!
I have lived in Denver for 25 years and I’m a tool nut. I didn’t know about this place. I’m going next week! Thanks for posting!
I no longer live in Denver but lived in the suburbs for 33 years. Never heard about this place. What s nice little gold mine. I'd have to be dragged out of there. Haha
Same. I grew-up in Colorado and have lived in the Denver area now for 24 years and had no idea this place was here. I used to go down to that area more often and have probably walked by it a bunch of times.
I work in Denver (live not far outside it) and never heard of this place. I used to go to a tool and surplus place just West of I25 on Alameda. The place isn't there anymore, it was a family owned hole in the wall odd tools new, used and surplus stuff. This place might be my new go to for oddball items. Many times I just need that odd wrench size like 1 5/16" that doesn't come in most sets you buy. Will be adding this to my visit list possibly next week.
This is exactly the kind of place I note down in my Google maps "want to go" list so that of I'm ever in the area I can stop by. It's full of secondhand shops, niche museums, electronics stores, and retro electronics resellers
Packed w a lot of crap. 💩 I’ve been there.
@@leoahearn7382Not to mention...
...you just described yourself *perfectly* ... XD
@@leoahearn7382 . Did you try and sell them a load of stolen tools, Leo? lol
Did not know that was a thing. Thanks!
Excellent video! If I ever get there, I’ll need a truck and a search party to pull me out. 😊
I sold my house near there in 2007. I took a truckload of tools I used to work on the house. I was paid more fairly than I expected.
I lived in Denver and got to know about the store through family. I have bought tools there for over 30 years. Harold was a real character, wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. I have retired and moved to Nebraska, but still visit Denver a lot. If I am looking for a tool, I head down there when in town. My wife and sister-in-law still take Steve’s mom out to lunch. She celebrated her 100th birthday last year and has more energy than most young people today. I just used a radial arm saw that I got at Charlie’s today. I have bought everything from hand tools all the way up to a snowblower. It is truly a unique store.
I'd have to park my RV in front of that store! I'd be there for days! Heaven on earth for the working guy!!
I’m an aircraft mechanic moving to Denver in 8 months, I’m STOKED to find this place before I buy any more tools!
Whenever I go into an antique store I always look for the tool section, this is just so much better than that
I went to a place like this it was a huge warehouse with tiny pathways and packed rooms with no thought of organizing.
I asked the guy how he was able to find anything, and he said the owner knew where everything was. And indeed he did. I bought a bunch of stuff and as they were loading it all up ,I watched multiple workers ask him if they had this or that ,if they had it he would tell them exactly where it was. Amazing
Wow what an incredible place so ashamed I’ve lived in Denver all my life and have never been there but definitely going to make it a point to visit there now. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful place! I have never seen such a big tool box, so big that you can walk in! I definitely will drop by when I am in Denver! Thank you for sharing this video with us!
I am a tool guy; love my tools; and I enjoyed your walk thru and history lesson of "Charlie's 2nd Hand Tool Store" in Denver, Colorado!
If I ever find myself in Colorado; I will be sure to stop by Charlie's!
Well done, Sir!
If I lived within 500 miles of Denver I would make a regular pilgrimage to that place!!
I just sent this to my buddy down it Trinidad Co, we are going for sure!!!!
I really loved that place,I unfortunately moved out of Denver but got a lot of good deals from Steve. Just going through everything was a pleasure, now I have a new place called Lost Creek Machine. Wife’s not happy lol. Thanks for the memories
Everything said in this video is spot on. Steve and the rest of the gang are really fun. I stumbled in here after a Google search for used tools while "in the big city" visiting from Montrose. Since this first visit, every single time I visit Denver for any reason I stop in Charlie's unless they are closed. Steve always remembers my wife and I and we always leave with a pile of tools for our house and auto repair shop. This place is not just a place to get tools, it's a full immersive experience and Steve understands, it's not an accident.
I saw at least ten things I didn't know I needed until this video.
FANTASTIC VIDEO , Thanks for SHARING.!!
Thanks for taking us along to visit Charlie's.
Great store and great walkthrough ! I haven’t been there in many years, but I am going to make it a priority to get back there!
Hey I’m from the Suburbs of Denver! I’ll have to check it out!
Me too…didn’t know it existed. Saturday trip planned
@@nachoisme just saw this! How did it go and Happy Easter!
I only live 5 hours away and have family in the area too. This place is now on my list of places to visit.
Amazing, I wish we had these kind of shops in Switzerland. We have second hand shops but usually cannot find tools. People seem to hang on to those. I almost always have to buy new when some older tools are such good quality and unique
This reminds me of a store my uncle owned in Valparaiso, Indiana called Fetla’s. He had a lot more than just tools but it was a mad house of variety and interesting items including guns of all types.
Holy Moly!! I wish I was 1000 miles closer. Thanks for the tour!
I have a 1948 Studebaker which has a tapered rear axel which is impossible to remove the rear hubs without a heavy special puller. I found one here. I also filled out several socket sets that I had inherited.
My dad lives in Denver, will have to stop by here the next time I visit.
Wow! I have probably walked by this place just thinking it was a pawn shop or something. Definitely stopping by as soon as I can.
Thanks for the video and find! Will let them know how I came across them.
This is the first I head of this place been living in CO for 15 years now I'll have to check it out it was sad when there was a place in Lakewood that closed up
I would love to walk around and look at everything
Looks like heaven…thanks for the video!
I'm a tool fanatic, i wish i could visit.
Amesbury Industrial Supply, located in Amesbury, MA.
There’s not a lot of words that can describe how amazing that place and staff are.
Every time I need to work on something around the house or out in the garage, on the lawnmower etc.. I thank God for the dad that left me so many useful tools.
I wish I'd live a bit closer... Cheers from Outback Australia...
Loved this place when I lived in Denver!
Awesome Video, just love those type of stores, thank you
I have bought ball bearing there a bunch of times for my slingshot. Very good store.
Fantastic… will have to make a trip to Denver just to see this treasure!
I’m oddly fond of tools too, I’m on the western slope. Maybe I’ll go there some day. I loooove old tools.
I wish there were more stores like this. I went into a similar shop in Garibaldi, Oregon and got a great deal on a high quality US made 1/2” socket drive; used but in great condition.
Thanks for the reference. People believe all the old tools were melted down to make war weapons but there's still a lot that survived and I often enjoy the belief of the Samurai that the instrument retains the soul of the one who wields it.
Who, where and when-believes an old pair of pliers is ‘melted’ to make weapons????😂😂😂
@@toddjones1403there were tons of scrap drives during the two world wars in America
@@toddjones1403 On January 10, 1942, the US launched the “Salvage for Victory” program (Read more on the National World War II Museum blog). Citizens scoured their homes, farms, and businesses for metal. Housewives donated pots and pans, farmers turned in farm equipment, and children even sacrificed their metal toys. "Make It Do - Scrap Drives in World War II"-Sarah Sundin
I've been in Denver for 15 years, and this is the first I'm hearing of this place. I'm even familiar with the area. I may head over there today. It's a great day to go buy some tools!
Great video, that is my kind of place!
Wow thank you for showing this! I've lived in golden for more than a decade and didn't know about it. I'm going there the next time I need specific individual tools.
I wish I had known about this store. We used to visit family in the area, that have since moved. It's unlikely I'll get back to the area. I would love to visit this shop.
I LOVE Charlie’s. I found a brand new, in the original case, original cellophane, and original cardboard, Mitutoyo 6” dial calipers from the 1980s. In perfect shape. I still haven’t even broken them in a few years later. It even came with the original little paperwork and little pin for rotating the dial mechanism. It was $20!!! I also found similar condition Mitutoyo vernier calipers that I use daily. Among a million cool old tools. You just gotta dig a little.
Thank you so much for sharing Doc.
Happy Easter my friend.
I've been there! Found it by chance and had a fun afternoon
When it comes to swrewdrivers and more simple tools, I don't think we have to manufacture more for a couple of decades. There are TONS of them out there, and most of them much better than you can buy today. There should be more of these "used tool shop" , a bit better organized though. But this is much better than throwing it away. Thanks for sharing your video!
I'll be damned. I used to find tools for myself there, when I lived in Denver! Thanks for the memories! 😎
I've been a regular shopper at Charlie's for years, stopping by on a regular I find rare or antique tools for bragging rights or for my peg board...
I love going into Charlie’s when I have the time
Thank you for the tour. I just told the wife to plan on stopping by when we head out west. I could spend hours in there searching for goodies.
Oh if I lived there,I would be going there every day.😊
Just WOW, thanks for sharing, if I ever get back to Denver, I will check it out. Prolly should take a trailer!
Damn, I wish I knew this was here when I was traveling to Denver regularly for work.
Oww wow, have I died and gone to heaven , I love this store 😮
Only had a small used tool shop like this around me once briefly. Which it was still around, saved so much time than checking flea markets and antique shows every weekend.
So nice store i like it thank you for the video .❤👍
I stumbled on this gem one day and picked up a couple wrenches. This is just around the corner from Coors Field. Great place to visit and fair prices. I remember some funny signs in the store also.
What a great place! That flexhead Armstrong ratchet was a good one they still have kits for them.
This place is awesome. Wish all cities/towns had a place like this, but guess that would make places like this run of the mill (other than the customer service).
That's an awesome shop, love it.
Wow! Next time, I am in Denver I will head in. Thanks for sharing!!!
❤wow , I am glad that’s in Denver . If that was close me you’d never get me out of there 😂
Thanks for the tour
What a great place. Thanks for sharing that 👍
My grandparents shopped here. ❤
Great video! Tool shops and hardware stores are always a labor of love from the owners nowadays!
Looks like an amazing place!
Wow ! That's my kinda place and if I'm ever near Denver I'll certainly stop at Charlie's and check it out. Thanks for showing us all this cool place !
used to shop at a shop in Toronto Canada back in the 70's/80's called Tracey's Hardware on the Danforth the mum and pop place was floor to ceiling chockablock with any and every kind of hardware you could think of Mr. Tracey & his lovely wife knew where everything in the place was an inventory of thousands of things it was amazing he saved my dads bacon so many times over the years have something no other place had i lost count, This place reminds me so much of Tracey's it was an end of an era when they closed up the whole neighborhood missed them badly
I live an hour north of Denver and I had no idea! I AM THERE!
Very cool, thanks for the look. Those Klein zip bags are super handy !!!!! (I get my punctuation and Sam's Club) 😂
75-85% of every tool I own is from Steve and his store. That place is unreal, I walk in and just stop in to see what I can find.
Great video, thanks!
I love stopping by Charlie's!
love this place. shocked that it's still survives and hasn't been turned into a pub.
I could spend hours in that store!! Too bad I live on the east coast!!
Great video, really interesting stuff.
Great place old school 😊😊
Im about an hour south of this store. Im definitely gonna take the drive up! Thanks for the tip!
Wow what a place!!
Very cool, keep it up Doc!
Coolest tool shop I’ve ever been to, great video!
I love Charlie’s! I have been there a handful of times, always finding something I want.
very cool, I worked downtown forever and never knew it was there!
Thanks for sharing, I live in Denver and didn’t know this place existed.
Very cool video 👍
🇬🇧 Oh WOW! What an excellent Emporium, I would love to take a look around in there. Awesome 👍