not Hawaiian punch

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Odd assortment at last nights auction

DSCF7053 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

left to right:

1)  has no name, punches an odd shaped rectangle

2)Starrett number 1  5 1/2in

3)McBee  5201  518 cuts a 'v'

4)B Lawrence stationery  Bernard's patent punches a tiny rectangle

5)Velos  950  Made in England punches a circle also does eyelets

First time finding a paper punch collection, for me at least

[bill300d]

That's a first for me too. There can't be many collectors out there.

[lptools]

Hello, Skip. What do the jaws look like on the Starrett? Thanks, Lou

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Almost the music wire ones, but not exactly

DSCF7089 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

[lptools]

Hello, Skip. The Starrett catalog offered 3 types of jaws for the No. 1 /  5-1/2, M for music wire, C for common use, and B for bicycle use (spokes?) . I have seen a few factory special order jaws like yours, and have also seen quite a few modified for special uses. Nice finds!!! Regards, Lou

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Thanks Lou, good info to know.

sadly I will have forgotten it  the next time I find one of these.

Skip

[bleonard]

starrett tile nippers
bob

[lptools]

      Hello, Bob. The opening on the frame of the No. 1 Nippers is designed to cut wire, too small for tile. Starrett made a No. 235, with a larger opening in the frame to allow for tile. The 235 was offered in a 5-1/2" size, & 7" size. Regards, Lou

[EVILDR235]

All aboard folks. The train is getting ready to depart. Have your tickets ready. Whoooo, whoooo.

Casey.

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Hadn't thought of that, I better check for RR stampings

[mvwcnews]

Hadn't thought of that, I better check for RR stampings

I've done a bit of "google books" research on ticket punches because of patent numbers.  Also have a couple at home; one punches a "McDonalds double arch" & the other  "1/2"  Late 19th & early 20th Century specialty catalogs advertised them - used in theaters, public transportation, all sorts of venues where people had to show proof they'd paid the price of admittance.  Schollhorn had a Bernards Reservoir Punch ( the punchings were retained in a bin in the jaw rather than dropping on the floor) & some of the punch manufacturers advertised "600 shapes" so every conductor could have a distinctive one.
The BERNARD punch may have been to punch a clean hole in leather or fabric to facilitate installing a grommet --Schollhorn made a two stage punch & grommet press for that purpose.

[wvtools]

That's a first for me too. There can't be many collectors out there.

There are quite a few actually.  I have sold a lot of specialty pliers over the years.

I had a bunch of the Starrett ones one time that were modified to repair typewrites, but the jaw ends were rounded and were used for bending the key posts/rods.

I have sold quite a few RR ticket punches and they hardly ever have a RR name on them.  There are thousands of different shapes.  I sell to one collector in The Netherlands that has 7 or 8 thousand ticket punches.

My favorite type of pliers similar to the ones Skip showed are the stapleless stapler ones.  They usually cut a tab and a slot, and fold the tab over and through the slot to hold sheets of paper together.