Oroville >> “With tools, we can do anything. Without tools, we’re just another animal,” is a phrase Carl S. “Bud” Bolt firmly believes and teaches. Bolt’s Antique Tool Museum began about 60 years ago ...

F rancis Nicholson is America’s first documented planemaker. It’s believed he was the first planemaker to imprint his name on the tools he created. Nicholson lived from 1683-1753 and this wooden plane ...

Thousands of handcrafted antique tools that a retired woodworking teacher spent decades collecting but never used are worth more than $35,000. Roy Turnage, 88, spent years adding to his haul that ...

Today I want to visit with you about a conversation we had with fellow docents. They shared with us that one of their friends visited the museum and was quite disappointed because all it had in it was ...

Antique tools are more than just relics of the past — they can also be resold for surprising amounts. While not every screwdriver or hammer will be worth a lot, some of these historical tools were ...

It's hard to not find some level of appeal in vintage tools. Whether you find charm in their classic designs or see the value in chronicling the evolution of mankind's ingenuity, a vintage or antique ...

During the last weekend of August, the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society hosted an Antique Tool Giveaway. The giveaway was successful, with other historical society representatives, local museum ...

What is an heirloom? Traditionally families pass on things of value to the next generation, while the stuff of daily life—juice glasses, stepladders, clothes hangers—gets dumped in donation boxes or, ...

Members of the Early American Industries Association and the Mid-West Tools Collectors Association will hold its 25th annual Antique Tool Show and Sale at the Garfield Farm Museum from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m ...

Members of the Early American Industries Association and the Mid-West Tools Collectors Association will hold its 24th annual Antique Tool Show and Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, at ...

In 2007, Paul Zlotoff bought 180 acres in South Hero with an RV park, a marina, a defunct convenience store and a farmhouse that belonged to a member of the Allen family — yes, those Allens. The site, ...