UNUSUAL MYSTERY TOOL

[mojjax]

This tool has been hanging on the wall , behind the counter at the local hardware store for several years - so far no one has been able to give it a positive ID . I asked them if I could take a few pictures of it , I told them I "knew some people " that like to ID stuff . so here it is -

It's about 16'' long . the brass part is kind of thick with no sharp edges .

 

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[JOHUNT]

I'm kinda thinking it might be for rope making. Somewhat like this

I also found a cool site for antique tools. They have something that closely resembles a spokeshave and they call it a cabinet scraper. antique scrapers

mojjax, your avatar is crackin' me up!

 

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[mojjax]

Hi Johunt , I think you might be on to something . RZR hardware is located on the Waldoboro / Warren town line - there was a large rope factory in Warren just miles from RZR hardware - it was torn down many years ago . It may explain why the edges of this tool are so rounded and smooth - yanking rope !
The place was called Crowe Rope . I'm gonna eat supper now - do more research later .

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I've been messing around with old tools for most of my life, and while I am not an expert, I do not believe this is a spoke shave.

I've never seen a spoke shave like the one pictured.

I agree not a spokeshave. Not a Stanley anything. I think I have sold about everything made by Stanley.

 

[Broken knee]

When I was taking pics of it in the hardware store today there was an older customer in his 70's checking it out - he said leather working .

I think it's used for pushing in the welt or the seam between the upper and the heal of a shoe? HH
BK

 

[JimDon]

If you look at the engineering of the item it would appear that the two handles would be used and two round items, possible rope or pipe, would go thru the brass piece possibly for twisting or carrying an item. Just a theory.

 

[mojjax]

How about a fleshing tool for scraping fat from an animal hide ?

 

[unclemac]

Brass body cooper's shave

http://www.greatplanestrading.com/HUM1/Hum006.jpg

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Brass body cooper's shave

http://www.greatplanestrading.com/HUM1/Hum006.jpg

Nope. For those of you that have never used a spokeshave, it may appear very similar but I just cant see it. Like mojjax said, there is no way to attach a blade and I dont see how you could shave wood without a blade. I say NO to any type of spokeshave IMO, including those used by coopers and barrel makers..

Of course I am not always right but until we can find an exact match I say no. BTW your link is not working for me. Keep searching for a match.

 

[donkarlos]

Maybe a cow puller but not a spoke shave

 

[beercanbob]

mojjax, i have no idea what it is, but i'm pretty sure its not a fleshing knife. cool tool though

 

[ICON]

MYSTERY TOOL, Its a beer bottle opener ! for very large bottles . no mater what handle you grab it works !!

 

[ohiowhiteguy]

how bout a primitive opera eye glass holder..it would work..just my guess..
owg..

 

[clovis97]

My very first inclination was that it was a rope tool...but I couldn't find anything remotely similar to the tool.

If y'all really wanna know, post it over on papawswrench.com in the "What is it" forum.

Someone there will know exactly what it is. Those guys are good.

 

[unclemac]

cooper's shave....look at the curve on the flater side...like a barrel stave. Blade would fastened through the opening in two parts and held together by screws.

 

[unclemac]

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Would love to see it but your pics arent working for me.

 

[ICON]

hey it's a opener ! it's for very large beer bottle's . no matter what handle grab it will work !

 

[unclemac]

dag nab it....they were and now they aint...here are the links

http://roseantiquetools.com/store/media/1278to1537antiques/1309a.JPG

http://www.greatplanestrading.com/OCT12/OCT12_003SY.jpg

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/peterjmcbride/gallery/images/cooper_shave_w.jpg

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

dag nab it....they were and now they aint...here are the links

http://roseantiquetools.com/store/media/1278to1537antiques/1309a.JPG

http://www.greatplanestrading.com/OCT12/OCT12_003SY.jpg

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/peterjmcbride/gallery/images/cooper_shave_w.jpg

It worked this time but every spokeshave that you pictured has 2 threaded holes to attach and adjust the blade.

The problem is that the item in question has no threaded hole or holes to attach a blade. Am I missing something?

Besides that the item in question has no throat for the cutting blade like the pic below..

Im not trying to be a wise guy but try and find a spokeshave without a tapped screw hole or throat.

 

[Got_4by4]

Dag nab it......

NOPE
NOPE
and
NOPE

I used to work for a cable company(no, not cctv) where we made heavy duty copper and aluminum wire.
You didn't want your hands near the reel when it was spooling up. So I have to agree with Clovis97,
that it is some kind of rope tool for guiding the rope as it was being spooled. You will notice that there
is a distinctive thumb notch at the left or right, on top when the center opening is pointed down.

so my guess is a rope spooling tool to guide the rope either right or left.

But I could be wrong though.