Tool Talk
What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: lptools on January 07, 2017, 07:49:43 PM
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Hello, I have been cleaning up the basement , and I came across this tool. It is unmarked, edges are sharp, overall length is 10-1/2", and there is 7" of steel showing, and the widest part is approx. 1". The handle looks homemade, the blade guard looks like a flat washer. I have no idea what the tang looks like, it is snug to the handle. Regards, Lou
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Is the shape solid, like a file, or hollow on the side you didn't show us?
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Hello, Bill. I am showing both sides, but it is not clear, darn thing keeps rolling around!!!!!!!!. It is concave/convex in shape. I will add a better photo. thanks, Lou
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Oh do I remember those. Worked as a youth planting pine trees in the national forest. This is a type of Widger or Dippler. A device for planting seedlings. They now come more as cone shaped
Here is a modern one. https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Garden-Burgon-Stainless-Transplanter/dp/B0079ZFSZQ/ref=sr_1_27?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=1-27&keywords=transplanter
Here is a picture on how it is used for small seedlings.
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Hello, Catch22. I had a post a while back, and the tool was identified as a dibble. The business end of a dibble is thick & flat. The tool I am showing would not last very long in soil. Regards, Lou
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Joe, did you look at the widger in the link?
Other potential would be a seed/grain sack sampler. What are the dimensions of the tool How wide and long?
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I think it's a splicing tool, for splicing ropes.
Here a slightly more recent one.
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Hello, I will someday remove the handle, this will give all of us better insight to the original make, and use, of this tool. Thanks for all of the responses, Lou
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Hello, Did you ever have the need for a thin edge, small pickle fork? I was able to gradually pry this apart with a horseshoe calk wrench. The tool has a tang for a brace, the handle was force fit by the previous owner. Still no factory stampings, but I am still cleaning. This has a notched tang, similar to the notch on a Buck Bros. 83 and 84 countersink. The Buck Bros reamers were half round, but solid. So my next guess is that this is either a Tapered Spoon Bit, or a Tapered Spoon Reamer, for a brace.Regards, Lou
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Ah ha! Could it be a brace gouge bit that was reground for hand reamer use.
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Hello, Bill. The machining appears to be very true, doubtful this was re-ground. Regards, Lou