PMJI, I have a blue Footprint (English made) 2-pinion hand drill
It is not like the one shown at Garret Wade. Mine is made to be used as a
breast drill and also the regular way like the one shown at Garret Wade.
I got mine at Sears 30 years ago. It was stored on my sailboat for about 22
years. It has no sign of rust. The thick blue paint on the two handles and
one knob has cracked.
After reading that thread I look at my hand drill and decided to removed all
the paint on the wooden parts. Then, today I applied one coat of Danish oil
finish.
The drill looks very nice. However it may have been a mistake to remove the
original blue paint. They say that it could reduced the value of an antique
tool?


"Una" wrote in message ...
RicodJour wrote:
I don't know that buying a tool based on its color is such a good idea.

Of course not. Which is why I asked for more important information.

Anyway, the blue Footprint (English) 2-pinion hand drill is carried
by Garrett Wade, and they have a photo of its backside. Which
reveals it has no handle there. So the drill is not quite usable
as a breast drill. And it is twice as expensive as the Shroeder
(German) hand drill carried by Lee Valley among others.

Una