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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: dowdstools on November 27, 2013, 01:10:22 PM

Title: H. D. Smith Chisel
Post by: dowdstools on November 27, 2013, 01:10:22 PM: I picked up this interesting little cold chisel in a group of items I recently found. While giving it a light cleanup to remove the grunge, I noticed a lightly struck manufacturer's name on it. I couldn't make out the whole name, but took a wild guess and filled in the blanks. A web search revealed it to be an H. D. Smith SharpenEzy cold chisel. DATAMP had the pertinent patent info :http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=D44646&id=15767&set=3 (http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=D44646&id=15767&set=3)

The thing I found most interesting was that, according to the DATAMP information, this chisel was not known to have been produced. Well, now you know.

(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/hdsmithchiz1.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd226/lynndowd/hdsmithchiz2.jpg)

Lynn
Title: Re: H. D. Smith Chisel
Post by: leach on November 27, 2013, 02:18:42 PM: the shak ??
Title: Re: H. D. Smith Chisel
Post by: Papaw on November 27, 2013, 03:02:24 PM: It was shown in their last catalog and I have seen several for sale in the past. Been wanting one for my H D Smith collection.
Title: Re: H. D. Smith Chisel
Post by: mvwcnews on November 27, 2013, 03:25:52 PM: I'll alert the DATAMP steward for the patent; he may contact someone for permission to use a copy of the photo of the chisel.
Happy Thanksgiving. Stan Schulz
Title: Re: H. D. Smith Chisel
Post by: Branson on November 28, 2013, 10:34:26 AM: Quote from: leach on November 27, 2013, 02:18:42 PM
the shak ??

I 'spect it would read "the shark" if the mark was more clear.
Title: Re: H. D. Smith Chisel
Post by: Papaw on November 28, 2013, 10:39:01 AM: It says SharpenEzy.
Title: Re: H. D. Smith Chisel
Post by: Aunt Phil on November 28, 2013, 11:51:48 PM: Try a couple drops of vinegar on the lettering after you scrub it with Skotchbrite. That should bring the lettering up.
Title: Re: H. D. Smith Chisel
Post by: Papaw on November 29, 2013, 12:22:14 PM: I might try that, Phil, after it arrives at my house! I bought it! Thanks Lynn!
Title: Re: H. D. Smith Chisel
Post by: Bus on November 29, 2013, 02:01:57 PM: I looked for one of these for several years after first seeing the listing in the reproduction H. D. Smith catalog. Found my first one in a tool box I kept in the barn. I had even used it several times years before when I worked on VW's.