Austin, TX area Vintage tool show and sale

[sawduster]

Got this via email from Lynn Dowd, of Dowd's Tools. If you're in or around Austin or plane to be over the weekend, you gotta stop in and visit with Lynn, check out his wares and even buy a tool or three.

Dowd's Vintage & Antique Tools will be returning to the Ginger Man Pub in downtown Austin this coming Saturday, January 23rd for a special showing of old hand tools. If you're not in the Austin area but you know someone who is, please pass this along to them. We do appreciate your support!

The Ginger Man is located at 301 Lavaca in downtown Austin. They have a terrific staff, a great atmosphere and a very extensive beer selection. We will be set up in the back yard when they open the doors at 1:00 and we'll pack it up about 6:00. For your convenience, we will be accepting Mastercard and Visa for your tool purchases. There are several paid parking lots within walking distance of the Ginger Man, and on weekends the parking meters along the streets are free. If you need more specific info about the exact location of parking lots, or anything else for that matter, feel free to contact us. We'll be leaving Garland on Friday afternoon so if you have any special requests please let us know before we get on the road.

We're very excited and hope you'll all come out to see us at the Ginger Man!

Best regards,

Lynn & Tracy Dowd
Dowd's Vintage & Antique Tools
www.dowdstools.com
972-271-8665

[maverick31]

man too bad he wasnt there last weekend. I went to austin 3 out of the last 4 weekends and would love to have gone by to see what he has. maybe next time. thanks for posting though

[Joe Lyddon]

I couldn't get anything out of his website...

... a very strange one...

[imahic]

He has a sale a couple times a year at his place in Garland I believe it is. I almost got to go to one until we got the call to go to Virginia. He is supposed to have some pretty neat tools and stuff. Hopefully I will make it to one of his sales one of these days.

Mike

[sawduster]

Jan 22, 2010 11:59:29 GMT -6 imahic said:

He has a sale a couple times a year at his place in Garland I believe it is. I almost got to go to one until we got the call to go to Virginia. He is supposed to have some pretty neat tools and stuff. Hopefully I will make it to one of his sales one of these days.

Mike

Yeah, I went to one a while back at his place. Those are better than the ones he does on the road because his wife is an excellent pastry chef and makes up a big batch of assorted pies to go along with the rusty iron stuff he has. ;D

[imahic]

I have heard that also Jerry. Part of the reason I wanted to go to his sale....lol. I've got a couple of tools that belonged to my grandpa that I would like to see if he can tell me what they are. I need to see if I can think to take some pictures and someone here might can tell me what they are. One I am pretty sure is a saw set but the other has me puzzled.

Mike

[imahic]

Try this link, Joe. Works fine for me. www.dowdstools.com/

Mike

[Joe Lyddon]

That's better...

I found I had to DBL-Click many of his Click-Points to see anything.

Thank you.