Posted 5 years ago
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Here's one more from my 'fun junque' drawer @ work. I don't remember exactly where I came across it or when, but it's been laying in there for more than a few years now anyway FWIW...??
I believe this tool would have been intended for use with a woodturning lathe, probably originally fitted with a wooden handle which might have been nearly as additionally long as it is by itself. I also think it would be called a 'roundnose' (or is it 'bullnose'?) type of chisel, due to its narrow (1/4" wide) rounded cutting edge. As seen, it's about 8-1/2" long and has a mfr's mark reading "T.H. WITHERBY / WARRANTED" in a rectangle near the top of its shank. I haven't really researched that to find out who/what/when they were/are, though it does appear to be (what's left of) a rather high quality tool in its manner of manufacture...the only puzzling thing is why it shows no evidence of its (former) handle actually having been riveted to it...?
In days of old, these were so mated with the handles, that they didn't need a rivet or screw. "days of old" means pre-BB2.
THANKS SO MUCH Watchsearcher, blunderbuss2, yougottahavestuff, fortapache, Newfld, Brunswick, Phonoboy & jscott0363 for stopping by and sharing the <love it>s!! For the record, I've now found a new place to actually sorta 'display' it on a shelf (along with that old set of brass organ tuning tools I showed recently) instead of it just being buried in a drawer... ;-) :-) :-)