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Offline stormking

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Post Shear?
« on: July 17, 2011, 11:50:54 PM »
 I've got a post drill and a post vise but haven't heard of a post shear. Does anyone know what this actually is? Found this on a trip through eastern Washington. Thanks

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Offline rusty

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Re: Post Shear?
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2011, 05:31:35 AM »

It is what you think it is, however, I don't know if it's for sheet metal, they were used for tin, copper sheet(flashing), leather, cloth.....

Nice find : )
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Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

Offline wvtools

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Re: Post Shear?
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2011, 09:21:46 PM »
It is a leather working tool.  I had one similar to that one last year.  They were mostly used for cutting out and shaving down the edges of shoe/boot soles.  They usually performed several functions, and hence were called 3-in-1s or 5-in-1s.
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