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Husqvarna branded grinder, with hydraulic clamping vise, in new Bailey’s ad. Looks a lot like the Tecomec / Oregon models. Philbert

Buck saw, for a buck (!), and a pair of vintage, Jonsered, chaps (made in Canada), for $3 more. Will see how they clean up: either for ‘helpers’, who show up with no PPE, or demo chaps fror training. Philbert

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Vinegar Vinegar (acetic acid) is something often used to remove rust on cast iron cookware (and other things). Also for food! Apple cider vinegar, rice wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, malt vinegar, etc. Back to rust, there are a few other types of vinegar to be aware of. Distilled, White...

Thanks! Didn’t look like that when I found them! One at Goodwill. One at estate sale. Philbert.

Beyond me! They cleaned up smooth, and relatively light weight. Hunted around some Internet sights, with a little direction, to come up with the ID that I did. Had not heard of BSR before that. Philbert

These 2 were ‘identified’ as BSR, informally, via the Internet. Looks like yours has ‘8H’ under some gunk, near the handle? Philbert

You have different manufacturers of CI. It’s interesting to see different shapes, etc., than what we are used to. In US we get some French (Le Creuset, STAUB), and a bunch of cheap Taiwan or China products. Probably none of what you consider to be ‘normal’ stuff (like our Lodge brand)...

Triangular handle was used on some BSR (Birmingham Stove Works) pans. The ring is also a clue. Philbert

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Years ago, I was doing work in a steel mill that required all natural fiber clothing. Fortunately, there was a ‘manufacturers outlet’ type place nearby, that sold Wrangler jeans. They held up pretty well, and at $10 a pair, sometimes I had to decide if I was going to do laundry, or just buy...

I have only dealt with light spot / surface rust when cleaning cast iron cookware. Cleaned it up by scrubbing under warm water, or with household vinegar (5%), or citric acid, and some light scrubbing. In the Cast Iron Cookware thread on AS there were some comments that soaking CI in vinegar...

(Sorry if this was posted before) Philbert

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