hand Tool purchase of the year (thus far)

[GhostFist]

For me it's the Silky Pocket boy I picked up recently. It's light, fits in my belt perfectly and for as aggressive as it cuts (I've got a medium tooth version) it's surprisingly clean. Will certainly be looking into more Silky saws for the jobsite as they're affordable and well made. I like this guy for quick little cuts instead of walking back to the tool pile to hook up some power equipment, be it cordless or corded.

Highly recommend!

 

[tiralie]

For me it's the Silky Pocket boy I picked up recently. It's light, fits in my belt perfectly and for as aggressive as it cuts (I've got a medium tooth version) it's surprisingly clean. Will certainly be looking into more Silky saws for the jobsite as they're affordable and well made. I like this guy for quick little cuts instead of walking back to the tool pile to hook up some power equipment, be it cordless or corded.

Gotta agree. Shawn (Ederman) at Atlas Machinery turned me on to Silky saws and they are amazing. I have the Woodboy a folding type dovetail (Dozuki) saw. You can control the cut, the kerf is extremely fine (0.7) and changing the blades  is easy.
A great tool!
Tim

 

[GhostFist]

Yup Atlas is where i got my hook up. Might look into that Woodboy next

 

[Mark]

Got me these for the yard:
1. Sugoi 360 handsaw: http://www.silkysaws.com/Silky_Saws/Curved_2/Sugoi-360mm-Handsaw-1373
2. Hayauchi Pole Saw: http://www.silkysaws.com/Silky_Saws/Telescoping_2/Pole-Saw-1019

The Sugoi is amazingly aggressive and rivals a chainsaw for branches. I've used the Hayauchi for overhead stuff and the nice thing is that the handle is an oval shape to give you some leverage and ability to align the blade when its fully extended.

Great tools!

 

[spikfot]

I have kept a Pocketboy medium (yellow) in my left thigh pocket for the last 5 years- and a Pb fine (purple) in my toolbox. I HATE IT when someone says- "hey can I borrow that for a second...?"

 

[BobKovacs]

Along the same line as the Silkys, I picked up a Marples Japanese saw at Home Depot a few weeks back for around $10, and it's a great little saw.  Not a folder, but it cuts like butte.  I was shocked to see something with the Marples name at Home Depot.

 

[rmwarren]

I will have to look at the Silky saws, when you search for them they are most often referred to as a pruning saw and I have not given them a second look.

My handiest new tool are 6" and 12" digital calipers, metric/imperial, available cheap at harbor freight or most anywhere these days. Since starting down the Festool path I am doing more work using metric and the calipers really help as I train myself to start thinking in metric. I also bought a couple FastCap tape measures in Metric.

 

[GhostFist]

Also picked up a Tajima 25' tape at the 'las. Real solid construction, guards to protect the tape hook from bending due to an accidental drop. easy to read markings, the black on white is the way to go. Another bonus buy!

 

[tiralie]

Also picked up a Tajima 25' tape at the 'las. Real solid construction, guards to protect the tape hook from bending due to an accidental drop. easy to read markings, the black on white is the way to go. Another bonus buy!

Nice to know they have them. I am over due for a visit.
Tim

 

[charley1968]

Got meself a dovetail-marker from Veritas, a 1/8'' bench chisel of the same manufacturer, a waterstone 1000/8000 grid and a book on sharpening  [embarassed]

 

[GhostFist]

I've bought a lot of hand tools since this thread started. Recent purchases I like are the rali hand planes. Great on site ready to go planes. Always sharp and easily adjusted. There's been about a billion tools in between the pocket boy (since upgraded to the larger gomboy) and today though