What are these?

[lebaron]

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

[mikeswrenches]

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

Mike

[Uncle Buck]

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.

[Northwoods]

Somebody had a good idea.  Looks like good workmanship.

[lebaron]

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.

[wvtools]

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

[Bill Houghton]

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.

[Yadda]

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

[amecks]

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.?

[Northwoods]

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

Sorry guys.  I couldn't resist doing it.

[Bill Houghton]

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.

[lebaron]

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.

[john k]

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. 

[Bill Houghton]

Home made scraper using brass blades?