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Interesting Henry Boker Tool. What is it?

Started by phillie, April 12, 2013, 04:01:29 PM

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phillie

Here is the ad that will show up on line this Sunday for this tool.

Up for auction today is awesome tool made when pride and craftsmanship were king. The detail and knurling on this tool is nowhere to be found today. I think the tool is some sort of leather working tool??? It is marked HENRY BOKER with an arrow through an X and 2 asterisks for a logo.  The photos will describe the size of the tool. Research on this tool came up empty...do you know what it is used for?

I left the tool as I found it, looks like it has a nickel finish? The cutting portion of this tool has graduations on it and appears that it has been sharpened or trimmed. I do not know exactly what this tool was used for or how it works, so please look at photos carefully and ask questions as needed.

Hopefully I can revise this with additional information before it posts. Thanks to the forum!!!
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first I thought it was a leather nibber to cut decorative edge. but looked up saw set & found it..
http://members.acmenet.net/~con12a/saw%20set%20website/european.htm
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It is a nice tool.  I'll keep the remainder of my opinion to myself for the sake of the forum.
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phillie

Thanks for the info. It is a saw set...found some info once I knew what it was. It will be on e-bay this Sunday.
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Branson

Quote from: Papaw on April 12, 2013, 05:51:03 PM
Branson showed one  here- http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=6776.msg42616#msg42616

And the mystery remains -- who made these?  Boker, Nike, Sandvik, some unmarked, and a C&K from Canada; all are nearly identical.  The parts look like they would be interchangeable.  Same raised cartouche plate, same pattern of panels (with a variety of different decorations) -- they must have been drop forged in the same dies with only alternate decorative patterns.  Sometimes the cartouche panel is marked with a makers name, other times it is left blank.  A curiosity...   

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And from the saw set site, add also, Garanto Fein.

Which according to someone* on the old tools list is a trademark, for a Gernam company that made saw sets, "Nettus Schmidt in Zella-Mehlis"

hmm...

http://www.holzwerken.de/pics/anzeige_nettus_schmidt.jpg



*Jordan, Wolfgang,2006
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

Plyerman

Looks like it was made way more "fancified" than it needed to be. I've seen a few other pre-war german tools that were decorated like that.
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