Old Multi-tool? Solve this and win a #2 Crotal bell !

[litefire56]

This was found at an old farm site. It has an anchor stamped on it and may be mfg. by Anchor Tools for maintenance on some type of small equipment. Any ideas?

*update*-- I appreciate all the great ideas on this tool. Whoever can correctly ID it, will get the #2 Crotal bell, which was dug about 2' away from the tool. Or you can receive prize B, half a dozen nudie tokens from my collection.

 

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[Mr Tuff]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

NICE BELL. some kind of tool for a deckhand maybe.

 

[Jeep]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

It's a bicycle multi-tool

Been around for years in different configurations

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

I don't know, the bike tool seems like a good call.

I thought hoof pick/multi tool.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

What are the hooks for? ...changing a tire? Most bicycle multi-tools I have seen had more than one wrench size but I guess its possible.

 

[Jeep]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

That wasn't a guess

it's a fact. I had one many years ago

Those are not hooks, their to lever the tire out and for installing the tire.

Nowadays you got the plastic ones.

The nut remover was all you needed back then. nowadays you need a whole toolbox to work on a bike.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

That wasn't a guess

it's a fact. I had one many years ago

Those are not hooks, their to lever the tire out and for installing the tire.

Nowadays you got the plastic ones.

The nut remover was all you needed back then. nowadays you need a whole toolbox to work on a bike.

OK thats why I asked if they were for changing a tire. Kinda small axle nut. Find a matching pic and this one will be solved. 8)

 

[goldguru]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

The pointy part is to poke a New hole in yer tube as newbies attempt to remount the tire.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

The pointy part is to poke a New hole in yer tube as newbies attempt to remount the tire.

Yea I used to use two screwdrivers and ruin tubes.. A pointy end would be a problem for sure. I would like to see another pic. Maybe it just looks pointy.

 

[litefire56]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

That wasn't a guess

it's a fact. I had one many years ago

Those are not hooks, their to lever the tire out and for installing the tire.

Nowadays you got the plastic ones.

The nut remover was all you needed back then. nowadays you need a whole toolbox to work on a bike.

Yeah, the hook (or pointy end) is what's making me wonder also. It is sharp, and made that way. Not ground down afterwards. The tool is very well made and finished prior to the black coat of paint. So what would you need the point for on a bike? Popping gravel from your treads?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

Thanks for the new pic. It gives us a much better angle. Its not a boat hook.

 

[litefire56]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

Here's a shot of the stamped logo or trademark, and a close-up of the pointed end. I also checked the hex opening against a 1/4-20 bolt which has a 7/16" hex head, and the tool is slightly smaller. That would make the bike axle 1/4" dia. Kinda small I think....

 

[nhbenz]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

I'm jumping on board of this being a bicycle repair tool. My view is: the "crowbar" portion of the hook is used to lever a damaged tire off of the rim, then you slide the pointy end of this tool around the rim to replace a bad tire tube.
The "V" portion in the middle of the tool can be used to loosen larger nuts (like the wheel/axle nuts). I know its not a perfect design, but that was a common way multi-size wrenches were made years ago.
-Every piece of this could be absolutely incorrect... and it's likely that my description is lousy --even though I just edited it a bit.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Old Multi-tool?

I'm jumping on board of this being a bicycle repair tool. My view is: one end of the hook is used to lever a damaged tire (or more likely the tube) off of the rim, then you use anything you can find to hold that portion of the tire away from the rim while you slide the pointy end of this tool around the remainder of the rim.
The "V" portion in the middle of the tool can be used to loosen larger nuts (like the wheel/axle nuts)... I know its not a perfect design, but I think they did back then.
But every piece of this could be absolutely incorrect... and it's likely that my description is lousy.

sounds good. Is there a tiny logo in that bottom pic?

 

[Woodland Detectors]

sounds logical although the anchor throws me off. I was searching for Bicycle tools earlier and found some with the same concept but, nothing with anchors

 

[72cheyenne]

Tag.....I'm interested in finding out this one.

 

[goldguru]

after looking @ the last pic i gonna have to go with bike flat repair tool..
pointy part is just a handle to help steer the blade end(near the Hex) as you are dismounting the tire from the rim.
A "T" handle so to speak.
the hex is for undoing the valve stem nut. i believe they are 7/16ths.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

after looking @ the last pic i gonna have to go with bike flat repair tool..
pointy part is just a handle to help steer the blade end(near the Hex) as you are dismounting the tire from the rim.
A "T" handle so to speak.
the hex is for undoing the valve stem nut. i believe they are 7/16ths.

Me too now. It does look completely different after seeing the last pic and the tire remover/valve stem tool makes sense. This may already be solved in reply #2 and you should give the bell to the first person to find a matching pic.

 

[Lowbatts]

Have had several similar bike tools, but they all had spoke wrenchs incorporated as notch-outs on some part of the tool. Didn't see that here, and since it was an old farm site, the wire/fence tool seemed to make sense to me. But we may be able to find it in an old bike catalog yet....

 

[kirkwannem]

I think it could be an old hoof pick made by North & Judd Manufacturing Company, they used an anchor trademark very similar to the mark on your tool. I can not find if they made hoof picks or not but they made many spurs with the anchor trade mark. The bottom of your tool resembles a spur which they were best know for. I researched for hoof picks and can come up with nothing like what you have. The trademarks look a lot alike though. EBay only has the spurs but if you go to eBay and put "North & Judd" in search you will find some of their stuff. Or it could be a bike tire tool like everyone else says.