r/Vintagetools↗
A place for vintage tool enthusiasts
Finally a subreddit for vintage tool junkies. This is a place for posts about vintage tools from all trades, both hand and power alike. Wanna show off your restored 1950 South Bend Lathe, or your latest estate sale score? This is the place. Have a question about that old hand plane you found in your uncle's shop? Do it here. Posts of the things you've made with you vintage tools are encouraged too.
37k subscribers207 posts / mo in Sep 2026177 authors / mosince 2014
r/Vintagetools has 37k members (+37% over the last 12 months). It gets about 207 posts a month from 177 people. Top topics: Old Tools Identification, Vintage Tools and Wrenches & Torque.
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How r/Vintagetools has grown
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Topics and brands on r/Vintagetools
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Old Tools Identification5.2%
- Vintage Tools4.0%
- Wrenches & Torque3.7%
- Old Saws & Table Saw Restoration3.6%
- Toolboxes & Tool Chests3.1%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- VintageMachinery
- eBay
- Index page
- McMaster-Carr
- Lee Valley Tools
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