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    Posted 11 years ago

    hotairfan
    (388 items)

    This tool is called a Crandle ( sometimes spelled Krandel).
    It was used by quarry workers to chip off the bumps of stone on their cuttings.
    They are rare and hard to find because, by tradition, the quarry worker, upon retirement, custom was to throw the Crandle into the quarry mine water hole that most quarries had acquired over time ...hotairfan

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    Comments

    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      I notice the wedge so that the teeth/spikes could be replaced or removed for sharpening.
    2. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 11 years ago
      If you get up in Vt or NH around the marble and granite quarry towns you can find these.
    3. hotairfan hotairfan, 11 years ago
      to fhrjr2. I found mine at an antique fair in Indiana....... hotairfam

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