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    Posted 3 years ago

    EricWood
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    Hi Guys...
    Here are 4 more antique tools from my father's collection. One looks like a metal hand auger... Pretty fancy a handle, right?

    Is 137 simply a screwdriver?

    The unnumbered tool looks like some kind of etching tool. You could see the other end of the blade sticking out under the screws.

    476 app some kind of concave scraper of sorts.

    I kind of wish I paid closer attention to his collecting prior to his passing.

    Some of these things, by their construction, seem to indicate what they're used for in general, but I'm always interested in the specific application and by whom. For example, the concave scraper. .. Was it used by a barrel maker? That sort of thing.

    Thanks for any help you told geniuses can offer. :-)

    Sincerely,
    Eric

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    Comments

    1. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 3 years ago
      #1 is a chisel, #2 is a hand beading plane #3 is a shave hook for scraping wood.
    2. Gillian, 3 years ago
      Can you give us the dimensions please. What did your father do for a living? How old do you think these tools are?
    3. Gillian, 3 years ago
      fhrjr2 has the correct answers me thinks.
    4. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 3 years ago
      The concave scraper might well have been used on a barrel or perhaps on crown moldings. These tools make me think the user was a carpenter specializing in interior trim cabinet making etc.
    5. AnythingObscure AnythingObscure, 3 years ago
      I agree with fhrjr2's answers as well, also his guess what your Dad used them for. :-) A question for you though -- I've noticed in your showings that some of the antique tools have those numbers (137 & 476 here) on them. Is there a chance that he had 'cataloged' them sometime, somewhere?
    6. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 3 years ago
      The numbers at least to me indicate they either came from or went to an auction at some point in time. I seriously doubt a craftsman putting markings like these on his tools.
    7. Motoolz, 3 years ago
      Consider that number one should be "turnscrew", (old or English name for a screwdriver) from a time when screws were handmade and the slot in the head was made with a chisel

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