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Offline tosims7

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Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« on: February 27, 2014, 11:34:40 PM »
Gettysburg and Rockefeller are somehow associated with this tool.

haha Hooked?

Made by the Chasbert Co. in Stoughton, MASS
PAT Date OCT 22 1901. Original Box.

Any idea what this thing is?!?!
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2014, 11:36:09 PM »
This would help.
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2014, 11:40:49 PM »
some type of fruit coring tool, peach pitting tool?
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2014, 03:19:09 AM »
The overall shape looks like a table embroidery clamp. With a blade in place of the more usual pin cushion - my best guess would be something to do with sewing - maybe a thread cutter leaving both hands free to manipulate the dress etc being sewn...
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2014, 07:06:41 AM »
You might stump me, but I don't think you will stump Rusty; not with a patent date on it.
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2014, 07:32:59 AM »
I hit 20 pages with that date and struck out,  but my search skills don't hold a candle to Rusty's!
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2014, 07:41:35 AM »
Bench mounted deburring tool?
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2014, 09:47:18 AM »
Thanks for the replys. It is interesting. Wish I could find some information out about the company to pinpoint what this thing is, but no luck so far.
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2014, 09:55:43 AM »
It's a seam ripper called the Chasbert Ripper from
Good Housekeeping- January 1, 1907
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2014, 10:44:24 AM »
This is probably the patent. It was issued on Sept. 30, 1902 but the application was filed on  Oct. 22, 1901.

https://www.google.com/patents/US709917?dq=seam+ripper+OCT+22+1901&hl=en&sa=X&ei=m7oQU6OuJMbk2QWR8oDwAw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA

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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2014, 11:10:30 AM »
You guys are good! Thank you!
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2014, 12:18:54 PM »
I always have avoided sewing, I didn't want to be called a no good sew and sew...........

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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2014, 04:35:21 AM »
I wasn't too far out, but I did cheat a little - I found a classified ad in a newspaper  - looking for salesmen to sell an item that 'no woman who sews shoud be without'....
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Re: Going to Stump You! 1901 Clamp With Blade.
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2014, 08:14:33 PM »
The remaining bizzare little detail is, that rather nasty looking thing was invented...by a dentist ...
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