🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Old brass woodworking punches?

[fistfulladirt]

This came from an old carpenter’s tool chest I believe. It’s roughly 4” wide and 4” tall with a slip-on wooden cap. The medal ‘punches’ are brass.

 

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[dozer dan]

For the life of me I can’t imagine where a punch would be used on wood. Are ya sure those weren’t for leather?

 

[fistfulladirt]

For the life of me I can’t imagine where a punch would be used on wood. Are ya sure those weren’t for leather?

That’s the thing, dad (87) insists these came from his grandfather‘s woodworking chest, I’m almost certain that they did.

 

[dozer dan]

That’s the thing, dad (87) insists these came from his grandfather‘s woodworking chest, I’m almost certain that they did.

I can understand that but I have a can opener in my hunting bag but Im not going to shoot squirrels with it.
I hope they are what you think they are but I’m just not seeing a purpose for woodworking.

 

[Whynotnow?]

I've seen wood punches before, but normally they're used for texturing and those all just look smooth. What do the other ends look like?

 

[fistfulladirt]

I can understand that but I have a can opener in my hunting bag but Im not going to shoot squirrels with it.
I hope they are what you think they are but I’m just not seeing a purpose for woodworking.

Ha, well that’s why I listed them here because I’ve no clue.

 

[creskol]

They look like drift punches to me.

 

[dozer dan]

They look like drift punches to me.

If they were made in Japan would it be a Tokyo Drift?

 

[Dakota Sioux]

What about like like tips that are heated up to burn into the wood? Just a thought

 

[creskol]

If they were made in Japan would it be a Tokyo Drift?

If they belonged to anybody in the Centralized Army Tracking and Control of Hazardous Material they might be Catchma Drifts.

 

[creskol]

Here are some modern ones:

 

[Tony in SC]

Some may be punches but I believe the odd ones could be guide pins for a pattern bar?

 

[dozer dan]

could you lay them out on the table and get a few pictures from different angles. Do they appear to be the same in length and thickness?

 

[ARC]

Yeah i agree... not punches... they go to something.

I say this because some are same shape... such as triangles... that are different thicknesses... if they were punches or the like that would be "hit"... they would all be the same thickness.

 

[Fourman110]

More pics would help. Leaning towards detail wood scrapers at the moment. Tools you'd use to make carved beads and such into wood.

 

[nagant]

Maybe for shaping wet plaster.

 

[Decatur digger]

This came from an old carpenter’s tool chest I believe. It’s roughly 4” wide and 4” tall with a slip-on wooden cap. The medal ‘punches’ are brass. View attachment 2064258

Probably wood working punches for inside a sulfur mine I have hammers,saws,drill bits nd punches. (They won't spark)

 

[ARC]

They are not punches.

 

[hollARDog]

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They are not punches.

 

[creskol]

Yeah i agree... not punches... they go to something.

I say this because some are same shape... such as triangles... that are different thicknesses... if they were punches or the like that would be "hit"... they would all be the same thickness.

Obviously the patterns aren't punches, but the longer pins could well be. I suspect the other pieces are inlay templates.