1800's Combination Tools

[Plyerman]

I've been mostly off the air for a few months. Still managed to keep accumulating old tools, just haven't been posting very much. Here's some of what I got since I've been gone:


Marshall Combination-Tool
Two handles pivot around a sliding jaw, which is actuated by a post running in a cam track. Kind of complex for being all-cast construction. Listed capabilities include a knife, pruner, wire cutter, wrench, vise, tack puller, can opener, etc. 7-1/2" long. PAT. OCT. 9, 83 cast into one handle. Patent 286,458 issued to Charles E. Marshall of Lockport, New York on that date.
Datamp link: http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=286458&typeCode=0

[Plyerman]

R&A Combined Lifter & Tongs
Pivoting tongs with three different jaw openings, designed for lifting stove lids, pans, and pots off a hot stove. 9 inches long. Has R.&A. PAT. MAR. 10,'68 cast on the underside of upper handle. Patent 75,427 issued on that date to John Hyslop and Charles E. Phillips of Abington, Massachusetts.
(Not listed in Datamp)

[john k]

Very interesting tool types, sort of reminds me of the do-anything, it slices, it dices, it will do anything but nothing really well.   Guess times have not changed a lot?

[Plyerman]

Very interesting tool types, sort of reminds me of the do-anything, it slices, it dices, it will do anything but nothing really well.   Guess times have not changed a lot?

That's exactly what I think every time I see one of these crazy contraptions!

[Plyerman]

Another:

L. Schaeffer Combined Implements. Patented Dec. 28, 1875, it seems to have gone through several "improvements" over the years. According to the patent text, it combines a stove lid lifter, tack puller, tack hammer, ice pick, can opener, and long slots in handle which act as wrenches for different size nuts. 8-1/2 inches long.

TOP: "later" American-made version
SECOND: "early" American-made version
THIRD: nickel plated, made in France, marked SDGD
BOTTOM: with corkscrew and knife, made in France

[Plyerman]

On an interesting note, while looking up patent information on the L. Schaeffer tool, I stumbled upon an almost identical patent issued less than a year later. (I'll bet there is more to this story than we'll ever know.)

Patent 171,487 issued to Levi Schaeffer of Philadelphia on Dec 28, 1875:




Patent 177,843 issued to a Mr. Jackson Hunt, also of Philadelphia, on May 23, 1876



Datamp links;
L. Schaeffer patent - http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=171487&typeCode=0
J. Hunt patent - http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=177843&typeCode=0

[Plyerman]

Speaking of Schaeffer-esque tools, I've also got this one here, but it is not marked. On the one end it has the same style kettle hook, hammer pol, lid lifter off the "chin", and protruding top blade as the L. Schaeffer, but it adds several square wrench openings in the handle and a nail pry and a screwdriver to the opposite end. I have no background information on this one, unfortunately.

[Yadda]

Really great additions to your collection! 

[kwoswalt99]

Very interesting tool types, sort of reminds me of the do-anything, it slices, it dices, it will do anything but nothing really well.   Guess times have not changed a lot?

That's exactly what I think every time I see one of these crazy contraptions!

Times have changed alright.

[Lewill2]

More great stuff, can't say I have ever seen any of them but I can see why they have followed you home.