15 Forgotten Tools Every American Grandfather Kept in His Toolbox

📖 Get The Forgotten Skills Handbook — 300 things your grandparents knew that still save you money: https://forgotten-skills.pages.dev My grandfather's toolbox weighed more than I did when I was a boy — and most of what was in it still outworks the tools we buy today. In this video I open that box back up: 15 forgotten tools every grandfather of that generation kept, what each one did, and why so many of them quietly disappeared. From the hand drill and the brace-and-bit to the spokeshave, the plumb bob, the draw knife and the humble carpenter's pencil — these are the tools that built and fixed a home without a single battery. Most of them still turn up at estate sales and in the backs of old drawers for a few dollars, and a good many still do the job better than what replaced them. If you've got an old toolbox in the garage — your father's, your grandfather's — go open it this week. You might be holding better tools than anything you could buy today. Tell me down in the comments which of these your own people had, or what I left out. Every one of you knows a tool I've forgotten, and I'd rather learn it than lose it. New video every week. I'm Earl. Take care of what you've got, and it'll take care of you. #ForgottenTools #OldTools #Woodworking