shingle remover?

[amertrac]

hiding in my garage . Ithimk it is to reach up under roof shingles to remove the nail
  It says1/2 x 12 proto mfd. usa

[superzstuff]

May be a tool for working lead they used to use to do auto body work??? Just a guess.

[Papaw]

Or it may be a "Slick", used in heavy wood working, and I have used one to rip out shingles.

[john k]

The tool for spreading lead in body work was made of wood.  Have a set of 3, to keep them from burning they were rubbed in beeswax, before touching the hot lead.  12 inches overall?   Would just barely be long enough to reach a shingle nail wouldn't it?

[rusty]

It is a spoon. Auto body spoons are used to back up a sheet metal panel while hammering the outside, special shapes are made to allow access to obstructed panels such as inside a door.

[wvtools]

Bob,

Look in front of the 1/2.  There should be a 6 there.  It is a 6 1/2 (blade length) x 12 (total length) spring yarning iron (plumbing cualking iron tool).  Proto and Plomb made plumber's caulking irons, and that is one of the patterns they made. 

John/WVTools

[scottg]

Bob,

Look in front of the 1/2.  There should be a 6 there.  It is a 6 1/2 (blade length) x 12 (total length) spring yarning iron (plumbing cualking iron tool).  Proto and Plomb made plumber's caulking irons, and that is one of the patterns they made. 

John/WVTools

I agree. For pounding in the oakum and later (after you cast it into place) the lead collar.

Shingle rippers are longer and there is a big notch on each side for hooking nails.
  yours Scott

[amertrac]

Bob,

Look in front of the 1/2.  There should be a 6 there.  It is a 6 1/2 (blade length) x 12 (total length) spring yarning iron (plumbing cualking iron tool).  Proto and Plomb made plumber's caulking irons, and that is one of the patterns they made. 

John/WVTools

you are right on the 6 .It looked like a defect in the moulding / I did not even think about oakum   thanks  guys

[Branson]

A shingle remover looks like this 27 inch long ebay piece:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261012565678?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

[rusty]

Hmm, so it is, still think it looks a lot like a spoon tho -P

[wvtools]

Rusty,

It might make you feel better to know that I have sold several plumber's caulking tools at shows and flea markets to body men to use as spoons.  I remember one guy in particular who went all through my cheap trays looking for different things he could repurpose as spoons. 

John

[Fins/413]

Rusty if I had that I'd used it as a spoon too. I haven't packed much oakum lately. LOL

[pritch]

My dad was about the last guy to quit using lead and oakum. These were his tools:





Some of my earliest memories are of tending the lead pot. Probably why I'm nuts nowadays.

[Branson]

Thanks for the pictures.  Seeing a man's tools together is a warming sight.

[scottg]

I pounded oakum last month!!
Well actually I pounded a bit of lead collar to tighten it all back up after a repair job,
  but the oakum was underneath it and got mashed too.
  I still have a little original cast iron drain pipe in my house.

Thanks for the picture Pritch.
I kind of have a thing for valve seat dressers, and that one is a beauty!
But the rarest, next to impossible things to get, in your picture are the lead molds. 
Wrenches never die (well almost) and the chisels (punches, oakum tools, pick your name)
have to be intentionally harmed, with malicious forethought!  They are very tough.
   But anything can wreck those molds!
So there aren't many left at all.
  yours Scott