Tool Talk
Picture Forum => Picture Forum => Topic started by: Papaw on October 13, 2012, 02:06:20 PM
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Rooting around the stash for something else, I uncovered this German made multitool I had forgotten!
Brass, made in Germany, but no maker name. Body is 3 1/16" long, about 5/8" diameter, and unscrews to show 5 bits that fit in the body when threaded closed. Two flat blade screwdrivers, one awl, one screw auger, and one plain auger.
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I had one of these. Exactly the same. I'm not understanding the "augers" as you call them? Isn't the one installed a corkscrew? The others look like (top to bottom in the row) a plain screwdriver blade, a gimlet, another plain screwdriver blade, and a punch awl. Maybe I'm wrong, but that is what I have always called them.
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Could be a corkscrew, since these are usually called "Gentleman's Kit". My experiences with corks seem to have always needed a larger diameter screw.
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I have one too, same exact tool. There is still some nickel plate over the brass. I was thinking of the corkscrew, in that time period, many bottles had corks, medicine, linement, and many would have been a lot smaller than the wine bottle corks today.
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Now that you mention the nickel plating, I see that the ends still show nickel, whereas the body has apparently lost all the plating.
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I found one of these at an antique show in upstate NY this year. Not in very good shape and I think it only had 3 tools. It looked kind of "forlorn" laying on the table among all the dishes and other junk. I didn't figure I could get hurt too bad at 2 bucks.
Mike