Tool Talk
What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: phillie on December 04, 2011, 06:18:17 PM
-
I found this a few days ago at a sale. It measures 23” overall the metal is 14” and the tip is ½” wide. The handle is all oak so I do not think it was meant to be struck at the end. It is marked W.H. BLAKSLEE. Research indicates that Blakslee was involved in veneers and laths but I am not sure I have the correct Blakslee.
My first thought was lath tool but the tip is beveled and blunt like a screwdriver. The metal is ¼” think and the tool was made to withstand force. Thanks for your help.
-
Turnscrew aka screw driver. more then likely a cabinet makers turnscrew.
-
That's what it looks like to me.
-
Turnscrew for sure, and I will bet you the handle is beech wood, not oak.
Likely English.
The odds are 90 to 10 it is, anyway.
yours Scott
-
Absolutely a turnscrew. I have three long ones, though yours seems to be even longer. I find no makers marks on mine, and one has a split handle that was repaired with rawhide. The handles on mine are different from yours, though. That's a good, comfortable, and pretty handle. I have a smaller turnscrew that was made by Stanley, though these are more common in English examples.
I've wondered about the length. Doesn't seem like something a cabinet maker would need. They are really handy for unscrewing the butt-stock bolts on shotguns and the old two piece stocks of Enfield rifles.
-
i would say its english,i have several similar of differant sizes.
that would be the owners name i think not the maker.that is usually
at the start of the blade where it enters the handle.
brian
-
Thanks for the help. I would agree with Walker that the name is probably the owners judging by the misalignment of some of the letters.