Posted 6 years ago
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Most of the rest of the wood handled tools from the storage locker boxes, this small assortment were likely crafted for use in the 'pipe shop' portion of a pipe organ company where the pipe metal itself is cast, cut, and ultimately formed into actual organ pipes. [a fascinating process unto itself to observe, the incredibly labor-intensive methods (and tools) employed being virtually unchanged technology today, from the way it was done 1-200+yrs ago...] Nowadays, this handful of tools would have little actual usage outside of the shop environment as the tasks they are intended for aren't commonly performed in the field -- a hundred+ yrs ago, that might not have been the case. Like the other related tools I've already shown, these appear to have been hand made (for function, over form) mostly by re-grinding/shaping what were probably at the time otherwise other 'old metal tools' or etc, combined with whatever was handy to form a handle.
Pictured at the top is a small triangular file. Other than having been shortened (?) and its handle (??) it could be mostly 'as first manufactured' somewhere.
The next three down are sharpened 'hooks' used to scribe/cut flat sheets of pipe metal. Pic #4 is included to show what they do -- their tips come to a v-shaped point which can cut a slight groove into the surface of the metal when drawn across it. When done lightly, these grooves can serve to make shapes/patterns that will turn into 'creased edges' when the flat sheets are formed into round pipes -- when done heavily (or repeatedly) the grooves can become actual 'cuts' all the way through the metal. All 3 look to have been remade from old iron files.
Next down is a short 'saw', made from what looks like it was part of a hacksaw blade that's been reground to lose the typical wave shape to its edge, so that it would only cut a very small (<1/16") kerf. No clue what else lives inside all that vintage electrical tape to make its handle.
The two on the bottom are just a couple of slender awl-like 'picks', the larger with angled point. Used for any of various needs to scratch/mark/poke tiny holes/etc in things, just as would be expected.
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