I visited a old retired window cleaner today. Friend with my dad and I got a lot of old cool and good retro tools.
Dozens of old Sorbo channels and 6 old Zero degrees handles from Unger (West Germany 
… he he) and more stuff I haven’t seen before.
They made real and durable tools back then.
Also got a old classic green bucket on a belt. Maybe should change my setup to look like a window cleaner from the early 80’s 
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Thats cool… I love old window cleaning tools.
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Retro??? Dang your making me feel old!
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Retro??? Dang your making me feel old!
[/quote]Haha, that’s what I was thinking!
I was just wondering the other day if there are companies out there still using the original Tucker pole with the glass/metal soap dispenser and Tucker soap tablets?
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I’ve heard of a few actually. One of my first large extension pole was the Sorbo monster pole.
Oh man, those are retro now?? I still use variations of all those, including the 3x4.
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That old style Unger Zero Degree is a real find!
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Those were the first tool I learned to use when I started to do storefronts. So easy to use! Better then the version they make today.
And I love the inscription “Made in West Germany”. Cool to still use something from the Berlin Wall times.
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Yes I talk to one a month still using the Tucker Aluminum but I’m think they have all gone with pure water verses the tablets.
We use swivel t-bars almost exclusively, since it is faster to wet storefront with them. Looking forward to a manufacturer making an ergonomic swivel t-bar with tension adjust like the Unger shown here. This Unger one typically breaks in about two months of use.
A durably designed, tension controlled swivel, ergonomic handled T Bar, has never been offered by any manufacture yet. Still waiting.
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I started cleaning windows in 1980. Seeing that zero degree Unger squeegee almost brings a tear to my eye. I have a zero degree Unger Swivel today. No knob of course. I swap out a 12 inch, 18 inch, and 22 inch Ettore brass channel with the one handle all day. They just snap in and out. If I ever see Mark or Dane again I will ask them if there is a secret stash someplace on the planet. I wonder if they still have the mold at the German plant. Retro tools. Those were the days.
Henry
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SIX!!! of the old zero degree handles!!! If you want to let one go please send me a price.
WEST Germany? You’re going back. I was there a long time ago - long before I ever though of picking up a squeegee. Stuttgart-Vaihingen, or as most Americans pronounced it ‘Stuggart Vinegan’.
Yep, think I have all of them except the strip washer in the bag. Please remove this post, it’s making all of us feel old.
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You have my fullest respect, veteran 
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Oh la la. The oldest Combinator on the planet.
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Yea I’ve had it for like 15 years… it’s probably 25 years old? Ish
