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Derek
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As I posted a while back I still have a few of my late fathers tools one
indispensible item is a 1 1/4 x 1 5/16 offset ring key its one of those no
nonsense built to last spanners. With a patina of age which enables it to
hide in the deepest corners of the garage undetected usually when most
needed I thought a cleanup would be in order so I gave it a good polish with
a rotary wire brush intending to put a lick of (bright) paint on to make it
visible . I have new respect for british workmanship once cleaned up it it
reveals itself as a Britool chrome alloy ' war finish ' so at a minimum
its 60+ years old and still as crisp fitting as new despite the lower
specification of a war finish rather puts some of the flaky japanese crap of
10 years ago into the shade. I'm very tempted to pop into a plating shop and
have it nickel plated
Derek
indispensible item is a 1 1/4 x 1 5/16 offset ring key its one of those no
nonsense built to last spanners. With a patina of age which enables it to
hide in the deepest corners of the garage undetected usually when most
needed I thought a cleanup would be in order so I gave it a good polish with
a rotary wire brush intending to put a lick of (bright) paint on to make it
visible . I have new respect for british workmanship once cleaned up it it
reveals itself as a Britool chrome alloy ' war finish ' so at a minimum
its 60+ years old and still as crisp fitting as new despite the lower
specification of a war finish rather puts some of the flaky japanese crap of
10 years ago into the shade. I'm very tempted to pop into a plating shop and
have it nickel plated
Derek