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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: GaryD on April 29, 2012, 09:01:31 AM

Title: What is it?
Post by: GaryD on April 29, 2012, 09:01:31 AM
Any Ideas on what this tool is?  Handle is cast iron.  Thanks
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Papaw on April 29, 2012, 09:02:57 AM
WAG only- Fence stretcher?
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: GaryD on April 29, 2012, 09:05:34 AM
Does not seem sturdy enough for a fence stretcher, but good guess.
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on April 29, 2012, 09:10:53 AM
Trigger guard?
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Papaw on April 29, 2012, 09:11:44 AM
Well- It is NOT a nutcracker!
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: OilyRascal on April 29, 2012, 09:11:52 AM
OK - Handle is cast - What is the rest made of?

I'm looking at it thinking a early gun rack - would have been two pieces - the "handle" held the gun, the "tool end" maybe went over something and locked into place?

Just another wag!
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: GaryD on April 29, 2012, 09:25:55 AM
Handle is cast and the hook and bottom plate are steel (putty knife thick).
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: 1930 on April 29, 2012, 12:10:14 PM
Like John said I say part of a rifle=trigger guard
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: BruceS on April 29, 2012, 12:29:39 PM
I too vote trigger guard.
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: GaryD on April 29, 2012, 12:35:07 PM
After cleaning, found stamped "EYELET Tool Co  Boston MS"
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: rusty on April 29, 2012, 01:46:31 PM
A picture is worth a thousand words....

(Official journal of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, Volume 19 , 1905)
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: GaryD on April 29, 2012, 04:45:19 PM
Wow-that's it!  Never would have guessed.  Thanks a lot!
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Fins/413 on April 30, 2012, 07:34:09 AM
The depth of knowldge on this site amazes me.
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on April 30, 2012, 07:52:32 AM
I am amazed that a clever, balanced, well thought out, cost effective tool like that is not in every toolbox today, like a screwdriver.
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: rusty on May 01, 2012, 06:51:22 PM

The scary thing is, it's the "improved" combination tool...

Kinda makes ya wonder about how the uninproved one worked.....


"Unlike our last model, this one doesn't dump gallon buckets of white paint on passing bystanders"
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: GaryD on May 01, 2012, 09:12:05 PM
The "unimproved one" must be a real collectors item.  Probably at least 75 cents at auction, compared to the 50 cents I spent for the 1905 version!
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: 1930 on May 02, 2012, 06:13:51 PM
Quote from: GaryD on May 01, 2012, 09:12:05 PM
The "unimproved one" must be a real collectors item.  Probably at least 75 cents at auction, compared to the 50 cents I spent for the 1905 version!
Where else can you buy this kind of entertainment for 50 cents :)