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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: lebaron on October 13, 2016, 10:13:13 AM

Title: What are these?
Post by: lebaron on October 13, 2016, 10:13:13 AM

There wood and brass. They both have Warranted Superior badges. The brass is1/8" thick. Brass edges are not sharp, more rounded.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: mikeswrenches on October 13, 2016, 12:50:56 PM

They are handsaw nuts, and a medallion, that were apparently repurposed for use on what looks like a homemade scraper.

Mike

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: Uncle Buck on October 13, 2016, 12:53:51 PM

It use to be that you could actually buy those handsaw medallions with matching screws from the hardware store. I worked in an older hdw store in the 1980s and there were still some in stock. Now I wish I had bought a box of them simply as an antique curiosity.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: Northwoods on October 13, 2016, 01:26:23 PM

Somebody had a good idea.  Looks like good workmanship.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: lebaron on October 13, 2016, 03:01:56 PM

I don't know about them being scrapers. What would they scrape. Theres no edge of and kind on these. And wouldn't they be to long and heavy for a scraper. They weigh 2 lbs and 2-1/2 lbs.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: wvtools on October 13, 2016, 09:17:31 PM

If the edges are rounded, they are probably leather burnishers.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: Bill Houghton on October 13, 2016, 10:11:20 PM

Or I suppose they could be veneering "hammers," used when veneering with hide glue - the hammer is used to press down the veneer and sort of iron out the excess glue.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: Yadda on October 14, 2016, 05:32:15 AM

They look similar to tools to smooth wall paper, but the weight indicates that might be impractical.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: amecks on October 14, 2016, 07:32:09 AM

Leatherwork or nutcrackers, right?  It seems unlikely that a homemade tool would have included the fancy warranted button screw, especially since it had to be machined different than the other two.  They do seem to be made for some kind of  operation like smoothing or spreading glue.  Are there any traces of material left in the crevices of the handle such as masonry, glue, etc.?

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: Northwoods on October 14, 2016, 09:16:02 AM

Say, who is Warren Ted, and what makes him think he is so Superior?

Sorry guys.  I couldn't resist doing it.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: Bill Houghton on October 14, 2016, 11:30:43 AM

Quote from: amecks on October 14, 2016, 07:32:09 AM

Leatherwork or nutcrackers, right?  It seems unlikely that a homemade tool would have included the fancy warranted button screw, especially since it had to be machined different than the other two...

I believe those are saw nuts, as others have pointed out.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: lebaron on October 14, 2016, 04:13:26 PM

There is no residue on either of them on the handle or the blades. I like the idea that maybe they were for veneering. Wondering if they were used for some kind of skinning, fleshing or taxidermy. Hell, if they were rubber they would be squeeges.

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: john k on October 14, 2016, 08:52:41 PM

To work green hides, one doesn't want a square edge, it may tear the hide.   I am going with home made scraper.   Probably had a rolled edge at one time, which wore off when passed to the next owner, knowledge lost as to its use.  Scraping wood with a tool like this with the rolled edge will leave a finish much finer than any sandpaper. 

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: Bill Houghton on October 15, 2016, 11:28:38 AM

Home made scraper using brass blades?