Antique Tools

Factors to consider in tool collecting are scarcity, usefulness, and portability Hand made tools are prized as well as those with manufacturers marks. Stanley and Craftsman are very popular, as well as, L. Bailey Victor tools, Seneca Falls Tool Company tools, Miller's Falls tools, Disston Saws and Chelor planes.

An antique tool is generally defined as a tool over 100 years old, but often this definition is used more loosely to refer to any tool manufactured before World War II.