Went to see Gracie today. Very nice lady.
Below are a LOT of photos. I kind of jumped around just a bit but everyone should be able to follow the photos.
Gracie and I have a little different opinion on what a LOT is. The hand tools, wrenches and such are not as much as I thought there would be but there are tools that are added to the knifemaking stuff. You will see a red toolbox full of stuff and also a table saw and some other small power tools that are useful to have for anyone.
If you want to know more about the knives in the first couple photos let me know and I will contact her. She wants to sell them individually. You will also see walrus tusks hanging on the wall. These tusks are for sale. They are 22 inches long and 9" in circumference at the base. She is selling this for $1750 and that is a good deal compared to what Bob got it for. It has a Tag on it showing it is legal.
Bob also bought another set of tusks and used part of one and the other side is complete, you will see them in a later photo sitting buy a framing square that is 24" long.
I tested the machines and they all work.
The Wilton is single speed. There are three photos of belts. I had a stupid attack and forgot to check how many and what grits. The Wilton also has a platen attachment that has two sizes of wheels.
The Baldor buffer is used for sharpening. Has leather wheels on it.
There is a small grinder with stones on it.
A floor standing drill press with a buffing wheel on it and a tabletop drill press, both work and both have lights.
There are two horizontal vertical bandsaws. One has a really nice vise mounted on it that is in a photo down a bit as I did not notice it at first and came back to get the photo.
There is a 12" disc sander with an unopened package of sanding discs.
The anvil is AWESOME. It is about 150 pounds, there are no weight markings on it but I picked it up and it feels like 150 pounds to me. The face is pretty much flawless. VERY nice anvil. The stand is secured into the floor with concrete so it would have to be cut off at floor level. I am sure Gracie would appreciate it being removed for her.
There is not a lot of steel. There are a few pieces of cable (Bob made a lot of cable damascus) and three large circular saw blades that are L6 according to what he told Gracie. These blades are about 4' in diameter and about 1/4" thick. There is a 5 gallon bucket full of chainsaw chain for making damascus. In addition there is more chainsaw chain hanging on a cabinet.
The coal forge is very nice with a hood and exhaust, there is a spot rusted through on the right side at the top that would need repaired but that would be an easy repair. There is a wood burning stove in there that exhausts into the forge exhaust. Gracie says just a couple of pieces of wood and Bob had to open the doors in the winter. It is in good shape. There are two plastic barrels of coal (30 gallon barrels) and a washtub about half full. There are a couple containers of satinite in a cabinet for forge repairs.
There is not gas forge as Gracie thought. Apparently Bob was going to make one but never got to it before he got sick.
There are several shelves of handle material, all wood of various kinds. I saw cocobolo, ironwood, curly maple and others I did not recognize (I am not good with woods). There are three packages of Stag (pairs) that still have the price tags of $68 each on them.
There is a large tub of antler and other material and a bag of small exotic pieces like pearl and ivory.
There is a PVC pipe container that has Ferric Chloride in it. It is by the large saw blades. It is about 3.5' tall and 2" in diameter.
There is a 6" pipe that is 3' tall that is his quench tank, not sure what was in it, maybe a mixture of oils. Has a nice heavy lid.
The rest of the stuff should be obvious but let me know if you have questions.
If you look at this carefully you will see that Gracie is offering a very good deal here.
My assessment:
Wilton is about $3000 new so this is definitely worth $1200
The Anvil is at least worth $400 (more in my opinion)
The 12" disc grinder is worth at least $100
There is at least 60 belts of various grits for another $200
There is well over $1000 worth of handle material counting the ivory pieces.
The band saws and drill presses are a couple hundred all together.
There are files, hammers, tongs, brass, copper flats stock and pin stock. There is a lot of wood, vices, granite plate, knife vise, clamps, tempering (toaster) oven, small air compressor (old) a lot of miscellaneous hardware, leather, leather tooling, foredom and bits, a small shop press with hydraulic jack, arbor press, wood stove, forge and many other small hardware pieces.
Gracie is looking to get $3000 for ALL of it. Give her $3000 and come load it all up.
Luckily she has a couple people pretty interested in it all but have not seen it so they will be checking out this thread so they can see what is there.
I think is well worth the $3000 and more. Gracie can definitely use the money, she lives in a nice mobile home that needs repairs and Bob was going to do it and was disappointed he could not get the home all fixed up before passing. The sale of this equipment will help her get the home issues fixed up and she should be good for several years as far as the house is concerned. This sale will be the last thing Bob does to help her in her future alone.
I definitely hope someone out there wants this shop and can afford to buy it soon.
Send me questions and donations to
bob@warnerknives.com
I did make her very happy by helping her find Bob's signature stamps. She had looked everywhere for "Whatever" he used to mark the blades with his signature but had no idea how he did that. When she told me that I went right over to the forge table and found the stamps right there ready to be used. She is very happy to have those to pass on to her SEVEN adult kids.
Gracie is now supporting herself by hand stitching quilts. She does awesome work on those things. She is talented in her own right.
Sorry for the long post but I wanted to make it clear what is there.
Thanks to anyone willing to buy or donate or just offer up prayers for her.
Bob