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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: skipskip on November 12, 2017, 10:28:46 AM

Title: prolly not a wrench but whatsit?
Post by: skipskip on November 12, 2017, 10:28:46 AM

I have had a couple of these, no clue about their use.

this one is about a foot long and brass

too soft for a chisel

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4578/24492546398_39c00b112a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DjjGJJ)DSCF7357 (https://flic.kr/p/DjjGJJ) by Skip Albright (https://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/), on Flickr

Title: Re: prolly not a wrench but whatsit?
Post by: lptools on November 12, 2017, 10:56:08 AM

Another cobbler's tool??????

Title: Re: prolly not a wrench but whatsit?
Post by: oldgoaly on November 12, 2017, 12:21:01 PM

any signs of it being heated?
thinking maybe a special soldering iron, but the handle is really close to the heated part.

Title: Re: prolly not a wrench but whatsit?
Post by: Bill Houghton on November 12, 2017, 02:22:49 PM

Soldering iron seems unlikely.  There's no tinning on what would be the operating end.  Shank is too short: you need some distance between the hot part and your hand.

Flame-heated soldering tools were traditionally made of copper - at least the common ones.  Not sure if there were applications for brass tools where copper wasn't the right material.

Title: Re: prolly not a wrench but whatsit?
Post by: Northwoods on November 12, 2017, 03:26:08 PM

Quote from: lptools on November 12, 2017, 10:56:08 AM

Another cobbler's tool??????

That ridge on the brass end suggests a thumb rest.  And that suggests leather work of some sort.
OTOH, I do not see anything similar here.

https://www.google.com/search?q=vintage+leather+working+tools&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:Ce1aYX2IgjuCIjhgT_1LwRP-wuNnLkUwF8SsE3K9g4kTX5MiN1240DYTI-n9Tk3RmRvvftOSrkaf3xnUgNxuPV_1Mw9yoSCWBP8vBE_17C4ERaPre9YSjH0KhIJ2cuRTAXxKwQRk5VHYHrND9wqEgncr2DiRNfkyBFRsd2KhogInCoSCY3XbjQNhMj6EUMTDbK1FGIMKhIJf1OTdGZG-98RcW97D9VMX-sqEgm05KuRp_1fGdREAbJ6_1Kz3pBioSCSA3G49X8zD3EZGNakJVmWaX&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTqOHq-7nXAhXk6YMKHXL5CY0Q9C8IHw&biw=1280&bih=570&dpr=1.25

Title: Re: prolly not a wrench but whatsit?
Post by: international3414 on November 12, 2017, 04:02:42 PM

i know bell system used a tool made of wood  for swiping solder,could one be made of brass.,.WAG

Title: Re: prolly not a wrench but whatsit?
Post by: oldgoaly on November 12, 2017, 04:41:23 PM

Wax or some type of heat sealing of edges? brass body would hold the heat. tip could get into places others could not.

Title: Re: prolly not a wrench but whatsit?
Post by: bill300d on November 12, 2017, 06:36:15 PM

It's a door stop, may be, just a wag.