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    Posted 4 years ago

    Hagman
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    Edit 2 Dimensions now added as rough sketch.

    Edit: I've uploaded more photographs. This tool is steel and has a fine edge with plenty of material at the heart of the steel blade so we don't see it as a glass making tool my colleague is actually a glass maker and ceramicist and he ruled that out.
    We can't find out what this was used for. The original owner doesn't know either. He was a greenwood worker for many decades mostly doing pole lathe work but this doesn't seem to be a turning tool. Does any of the collective mind here have any ideas, or indeed know what it is? He has retired from the work but will be delighted to find out its true use. Thanks for looking!

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    1. Hagman Hagman, 4 years ago
      bobby725. Not a garden tool it has bevels each side and has a diamond cross section with both edges sharp. I'll do more pictures
    2. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 4 years ago
      I don't see a makers mark but it is fashioned as a Scottish Dirk letter opener.
    3. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      I saw a similar tool online..it was used for stucco I believe. I'll see if I can find the link
    4. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      You can download the pdf and see the tool. Not sure, think it's in spanish...

      https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://t0.gstatic.com/images?q%3Dtbn:ANd9GcQ5JVGc-e1dwvzasPtTzVsb2PBlAIkA4YlgM2hPZC1nXv2b_15e&imgrefurl=https://www.navarra.es/NR/rdonlyres/A075D7D8-8DED-42DE-AEC1-F339FD83DF38/322707/Albanil.pdf&h=216&w=123&tbnid=CE1uDXylD68VSM&tbnh=216&tbnw=123&osm=1&hcb=1&source=lens-native&usg=AI4_-kTgnyfP3idRgMI2jIgGoJpKJIdt3w&ved=0ELLNBQgAKAAwAA&docid=fAzts2gUpAZdrM
    5. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      Like Bobby said, could be a brass reamer/lamp working tool...scroll down some and you'll see them

      https://www.mountainglass.com/tools-and-equipment/tools/reamers
    6. Hagman Hagman, 4 years ago
      Thanks for the suggestions. I've ruled out the reamer and also the stucco chaser, which would have a cranked handle and be predominantly made from a metal plate riveted or welded to a crank tang with a wooden handle. This is a parallel sided tool with a very defined fine bevel ending in a sharpened edge. It is a cutting tool of some description but the double edge and fine point and bevel has us beat just now.
    7. TallCakes TallCakes, 4 years ago
      looks similar to spear point throwing knives...
    8. Hagman Hagman, 4 years ago
      Tall Cakes. Interesting, but really unlikely as both edges are really sharp and it was used as an edge tool. It would be difficult to throw this double edged tool and not cut oneself!
    9. crewnail crewnail, 4 years ago
      Would make a really nice prison shank.
    10. Hagman Hagman, 4 years ago
      bobby752, yes,I get that but the edges are fine and wouldn't stand up to much wear when used as a reamer though. The angle also makes me wonder what it would be best for if used as a reamer? I agree, the double edge is puzzling.
    11. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      Did you even look at the link I provided? Scroll to the bottom of the page..and there's 2 more on the 2nd page...brass reamers..

      https://www.mountainglass.com/tools-and-equipment/tools/reamers
    12. Hagman Hagman, 4 years ago
      Hi dav2no1,
      Yes I did, thanks. It looks nothing like those, my friend,a glass maker, said it isn't one of those, and it is made of step with a five cutting edge whereas those you posted have a thick square edge and are one thickness across their width and we made of brass or an alloy as I explained in my earlier reply. Thanks fur replying ????
    13. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      I don't know .you have the object in your hands. Were all just looking at a picture. And obviously those are modern reamers, your piece looks older.

      " it is made of step with a five cutting edge"

      Not sure what you're saying here? Doesn't look like that in the side picture? It looks beveled to an edge like most tools?

      Latest thought was a leather punch..
    14. Hagman Hagman, 4 years ago
      Typo nightmare! Steel with a fine cutting edge. I wish I could upload a video, it would help us all. I looked at the glass reamer, it's nothing like that and by glass maker friend has ruled it out, also it's steel, not brass. Can I upload video?
    15. Gillian, 4 years ago
      Could we get the dimensions please?
    16. Hagman Hagman, 4 years ago
      Gillian, yes of course, I've edited the photos to show a sketch and dimensions.
    17. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 4 years ago
      That is clear as mud, thanks for adding it.
    18. LazyBoy LazyBoy, 4 years ago
      cleaning fat off or hair off hides....I like the sound of that ....lol to sharp to putty windows...clam opener ? I give up ..
    19. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      My thought is, it was used to cut a slot in something(maybe fabric or a curtain)? Of course someone could've made this from another tool.
    20. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 4 years ago
      If homemade (which is possible) it may have been used for trimming inlay work or even as a type of plunge dagger which is right for the blade but handle is wrong usually. See the link below.

      https://www.lofty.com/products/bone-handled-dagger-1-e7ui7
    21. TallCakes TallCakes, 4 years ago
      or... simply a primitive dagger-ish letter opener

      https://www.ebay.com/itm/303559072372?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAAAkGcUZ9%2B4Ah1yD0KqdD61LvAUwRTBiaz%2BVwhE6wBpcCqnm%2BX4oGJW8%2BZVvb32FrNO%2F3HY467t0FmJRAm6Yeh7K61zEWSrEW%2BLmmuqqoXttto3vfzi8fIoDjk7gBH0JV29EeD4%2B%2BW45XTn%2FVg1ayEM60yNWQt6sEdx2mjMqEA83rAlEWw9ryng5v1nCf5VFPxElA%3D%3D&chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=303559072372&targetid=1265137277905&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9013163&poi=&campaignid=12521179107&mkgroupid=125935311567&rlsatarget=pla-1265137277905&abcId=9300518&merchantid=263811819&gclid=CjwKCAjwqIiFBhAHEiwANg9szq1eZWP92NRR3F6d-mZqMcPc_GVoSu9wrcsfx_kNYJInDMEhE054_RoCs9kQAvD_BwE
    22. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 4 years ago
      Tallcakes, did you read my first comment up top?

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