Odd assortment at last nights auction

DSCF7053 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

left to right:

1)  has no name, punches an odd shaped rectangle

2)Starrett number 1  5 1/2in

3)McBee  5201  518 cuts a 'v'

4)B Lawrence stationery  Bernard's patent punches a tiny rectangle

5)Velos  950  Made in England punches a circle also does eyelets

First time finding a paper punch collection, for me at least

That's a first for me too. There can't be many collectors out there.

Hello, Skip. What do the jaws look like on the Starrett? Thanks, Lou

Almost the music wire ones, but not exactly

DSCF7089 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

Hello, Skip. The Starrett catalog offered 3 types of jaws for the No. 1 /  5-1/2, M for music wire, C for common use, and B for bicycle use (spokes?) . I have seen a few factory special order jaws like yours, and have also seen quite a few modified for special uses. Nice finds!!! Regards, Lou

Thanks Lou, good info to know.

sadly I will have forgotten it  the next time I find one of these.

Skip

starrett tile nippers
bob

      Hello, Bob. The opening on the frame of the No. 1 Nippers is designed to cut wire, too small for tile. Starrett made a No. 235, with a larger opening in the frame to allow for tile. The 235 was offered in a 5-1/2" size, & 7" size. Regards, Lou

All aboard folks. The train is getting ready to depart. Have your tickets ready. Whoooo, whoooo.

Casey.

Hadn't thought of that, I better check for RR stampings

Quote from: skipskip on October 27, 2017, 08:45:53 PM
Hadn't thought of that, I better check for RR stampings

I've done a bit of "google books" research on ticket punches because of patent numbers.  Also have a couple at home; one punches a "McDonalds double arch" & the other  "1/2"  Late 19th & early 20th Century specialty catalogs advertised them - used in theaters, public transportation, all sorts of venues where people had to show proof they'd paid the price of admittance.  Schollhorn had a Bernards Reservoir Punch ( the punchings were retained in a bin in the jaw rather than dropping on the floor) & some of the punch manufacturers advertised "600 shapes" so every conductor could have a distinctive one.
The BERNARD punch may have been to punch a clean hole in leather or fabric to facilitate installing a grommet --Schollhorn made a two stage punch & grommet press for that purpose.

Quote from: bill300d on October 26, 2017, 09:02:57 AM
That's a first for me too. There can't be many collectors out there.

There are quite a few actually.  I have sold a lot of specialty pliers over the years.

I had a bunch of the Starrett ones one time that were modified to repair typewrites, but the jaw ends were rounded and were used for bending the key posts/rods.

I have sold quite a few RR ticket punches and they hardly ever have a RR name on them.  There are thousands of different shapes.  I sell to one collector in The Netherlands that has 7 or 8 thousand ticket punches.

My favorite type of pliers similar to the ones Skip showed are the stapleless stapler ones.  They usually cut a tab and a slot, and fold the tab over and through the slot to hold sheets of paper together.