rusty and weathered

In 1961, my old friend Richard invented this barb wire fence repair tool. You can hammer nails, pull nails, wrap and strip barb wire with it along your ranch fence. It is small enough to be put in your horse saddle and it won't stick out.   See the hammer head, nail puller and the groves on both sides for grabbing and pulling wire around?   We have some of these made of cast iron. From time to time, we hear somebody claiming he has the antique original of this tool that is older than 1961. That has to be a lie. This was invented in 1961!They must have bought it from us, made it look old and have been trying to scam people.   After what we have made are sold out, we won't make any more of these.     Please visit our ebay store rustyandweathered 

This bear trap looks like any hunter's trap, just bigger and heavier. It itself weighs 25 lb and it needs 600 lb force on each spring to open and set it. Hunting is a very important part of our history and a real bear trap can bring back a lot of memories. Did I say real? Yes, it is a fully functional real trap, newly manufactured. But did I say display only? Yes display only. We do not want people to hurt bear for real. That's why we don't sell the machine that can apply the 600 lb force to set the trap. A real trap for display is a nice education item for your grand children. Search our ebay store rustyandweathered for the key words :3 foot long trap

Currently in the US, the culture is gynocentric which means centered on or concerned exclusively with women; taking a female point of view. Men are supposed to be ashamed of being in control of a woman and proud of himself for being control by a woman, typically his wife or his baby's mother. Men can joke about being afraid of his wife in public and not have his reputation damaged. However, if they openly joke about his wife being afraid of him, he is pretty much dead. So we are smart enough to create these two gynocentric cast iron signs for men to display. Happy wife happy life Beware of wife     Ironically, the same men who are proud of being afraid of their wives think they are smart and other people are stupid. So we created another sign for they to rip on others and help them feel good about themselves.   

 What is a mining ore cart wheel? Wheels used to support carts that pulls coal out of coal mines. In the earliest days they are made of cast iron, later on become steel wheels.       We reproduced these oldest style cast iron mining ore cart wheels last fall. They can be painted, rusted and used to build yard decorations. You can create a wooden card and make it look like a real ore cart sitting in your yard! Wouldn't that be cool?   There are also people who loves wood work made coffee tables that look like mining ore carts!   Visit our ebay store rustyandweathered. We support your home and garden craft creativity.    

What's an anvil hardy? Everybody who uses a traditional blacksmith anvil knows. It is the small bladed piece that inserts into the anvil through the hardy hole. It stands there with blade upright, allowing the blacksmith to hammer and cut steel sheets on it. Like this one. Or this one. It is not easy to buy a good professional and traditional hardy. So people make there own a lot. Some are neater some are rougher.   We have the old style professional blacksmith hardies made in bulk quantities. Two shaft sizes, same blade width. All of them are quenched to hardness between 56 and 61, tested by meter before coming out of the factory. So you know what you are getting with each blow.   Visit our ebay store rustyandweathered to see more. :0)  

Making rope at home in the traditional way can be fun. You need at least 3 spinning hooks to catch the ends of the strings and a guide piece to thread your three strings through. Without a manufactured tool set, this is how people do it at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHN3q6k24s All the making rope at home videos you can find online are like this. People have to home make/assemble their own rope making tool set. Some are bigger some are smaller, some look better than others. But what if you can buy an old style tool set, simply mount it and start making rope at home? This is a three strand rope maker, come with a hand held three hold string guide. Look at the back for the three hooks. Hand spinning handles are better than electric. Because speed of your hand is easier to control. When you think your rope is getting tight enough you can slow down. Check out our ebay store rustyandweathered.

We designed and made this interesting cast iron star for people to explore their creativity. It has two feet that are ready to be mounted to any surface! We first made a boot scrapper using an old steel disc. It stands really nicely, not sliding, not tilting. The most important thing is, when you scrap your shoes on it, the star stays upright firmly. But the boot scrapper is just a brain fart, you can mount it on roof, bird house, or any other outdoors structures. Or you may try it indoors. And you can paint it your color. Unlimited possibilities. It is in our ebay shop rustyandweathered , come search for us!