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Title: What are these used for?
Post by: lebaron on January 04, 2012, 08:49:33 PM

These are marked Berry. I could not find any info on these. What are they used for.

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: Branson on January 05, 2012, 07:59:27 AM

They  look like fielding stamps to me.

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: Papaw on January 05, 2012, 08:37:39 AM

For the "checking" on gun stocks?

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: Branson on January 05, 2012, 11:26:20 AM

Quote from: Papaw on January 05, 2012, 08:37:39 AM

For the "checking" on gun stocks?

They look too old for stamped "checkering."  Stamps like these, however, were used for back grounds in bas relief wood carving.  You'd carve the image, field the surrounding area down, and then stamp that area.

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: lebaron on January 05, 2012, 12:17:13 PM

I think I found ones similar in leather working tools. Ebay #220767345481

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: wvtools on January 07, 2012, 08:49:42 PM

They also look like the faces on bush hammers used for smoothing stone.  They could be chisel type versions of that stone mason's tool.

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: john k on January 07, 2012, 10:25:59 PM

The bigger ones look like the feet, placed in the end of the extension tube on a Port-a-Power hydraulic press.  To keep the feet from kicking out under pressure. 

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: anglesmith on January 08, 2012, 12:09:34 AM

I have also seen early car jacks that had removable pads similar to the larger two?
Graeme

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: 64longstep/Brian on January 08, 2012, 02:29:40 AM

Quote from: lebaron on January 04, 2012, 08:49:33 PM

These are marked Berry. I could not find any info on these. What are they used for.

Would you be willing to trade for the smallest one??

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: Papaw on January 08, 2012, 09:07:03 AM

What would you forgeweld it onto, Brian?

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: 64longstep/Brian on January 08, 2012, 03:20:28 PM

Quote from: Papaw on January 08, 2012, 09:07:03 AM

What would you forgeweld it onto, Brian?

I think it could make a good texturing stamp for leather work…

Title: Re: What are these used for?
Post by: Carl on January 14, 2012, 09:56:21 PM

 They look like shrinking dies for sheet metal work.