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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[Bigcypresshunter]

Dag nab it......

NOPE
NOPE
and
NOPE

LOL

 

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[unclemac]

...for what it's worth...I sent off the pictures to a couple of antique tool experts, wood workers....no luck, they had no idea.

 

[roygpa]

30 cents for a spoke shave? man, that's highway robbery!

 

[nhbenz]

Yeah, I usually pay two bits for a haircut AND a shave.

 

[kkglawson]

haven't found out anything yet , but i am still trying

 

[kkglawson]

but gotta bring this around for another look

 

[kkglawson]

one more time

 

[bigfoot1]

At this point we may agree that it may be a,"one off"tool.that is to say that it was contract made for a perticular user(prolly mfg.)and as such without a large hunk of luck...may not be identifiable.

what we know....hung in a hardware store for generations and wasnt id'ed
myself and others have put in many hours to no avail
beautifully made
a mystery that remain just that

I really was hoping for an id....oh well

 

[koolaidsmile]

It's a tool to open 2 beers with one pull ;-)

Kathy (koolaidsmile) :-)

 

[dieselram94]

You know...Not only was crow rope down the road in Warren, Warren barrel used to be just up route one about a mile, and their was the button factory, as well as lots of shipbuilding and fishing activities in the area. I would think it was brass so as not to rust. Kind of leads me to a use around saltwater.

 

[nuggy]

Don't think it's anything to do with cobbling - shoe repair, or leather work as I did both of these for years, and at times used 100 year old tools. I have liked and collected the old leather working and shoe makers tools, and have never seen anything like this, nor can I see it achieving anything useful with leather.
I also worked on commercial fishing boats - nope no use that I can envisage there either.

What it would do - is hold closer together, two things that were trying to spring apart. Rounded things like rope, branches or ....... Then maybe slide along with a two handed pull?
Or it could have hooked onto something heavy that was hard to grip - then drag it along with the two handles.

I really would like to know what it did though nuggy

 

[coenie]

Hi everyone, I was just watching television, and saw a tool that looked quite like the mystery object. The tool in the pictures below is a tool to make a rope. I made a picture with my phone of my television, so the image quality isn't that great, but you can see why it looked familiar.

Cheers,

Coen

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I was thinking for spinning rope or cable.Like in the post above mine.

 

[unclemac]

Cooper's shave.......like this one....but without the bit

www.AntiqBuyer.com antique edge tools / Chisels / Slicks etc. past sales archive

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Cooper's shave.......like this one....but without the bit

www.AntiqBuyer.com antique edge tools / Chisels / Slicks etc. past sales archive

NO... NO...No Give it up Unclemac. I used to sell antique planes, spokeshaves and Coopers shaves. This it is NOT.

If you turn over your spokeshave, you would see a throat. This type of shave has a throat that is cast into the frame. The mystery tool has no throat. No throat IMO equals no spokeshave or any type of plane.... sorry.

The "bit" is a blade. How could you have a spokeshave without a throat or a way to anchor and adjust the blade.?

Your guess was wrong a year ago and its still wrong in 2014.

 

[sutphin]

Not sure but maybe this tool is for placing a clamp, like for two wires or ropes side by side and the clamp inself maybe 6 inches in lenghth and it tapers small at one end a a little wider at the other and when this is placed over such clamp and drawn it closes and secures it in place.Wild guess...

 

[yaxthri]

I love this thread. It's grown on me, like a friend's kid I'll check back to see how much it has grown, if there's anything new to learn...

Still no idea...

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

...for what it's worth...I sent off the pictures to a couple of antique tool experts, wood workers....no luck, they had no idea.

Im thinking we can rule out woodworking because there is no sharp edge. Brass cant hold an edge anyway.... unless some parts are missing.

 

[unclemac]

there are plenty of old tools made of brass....that hold a bit

 

[dieselram94]

Could it possibly be a tool to measure something? Maybe a size gauge for seafood?

sent from a potato...