Posted 8 years ago
Studio1908
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Found these Primitve/Antique tools at a Flea Market recently but I'm not sure what their purpose is - Not sure if they are homemade or a mass produced tool - No makers marks as far as I can tell but the have been stamped D G & W.H. Dick I'm pretty sure this was the owner that stamped them because the stamping is crooked and in multiple places on the tool - Tell look like a hammer but they are light weight so I kinda ruled that out, unless they were used for hammering a soft material like leather - Also the heads are shaped funny so not sure if the may be some type of forming tool? - But tools have a slot notched into the head which tells me Their's a possibility that something was ran through that slot because why else would it be their - Are they some sort of bobbin? - Both tools are approx. 10" long - Any help/thoughts would be appreciated - Thanks
Sorry a few typo's - Meant to say the look like a hammer - Also just to clarify both the handle and the head is made out of wood
Sure look like what we use in carpentry to scribe a line a distance from an edge. There is a steel point imbedded near the end of the dowel that scratched the surface of whatever. In one pic of the round dowel, it appears that the point has been damaged. The sliding piece usually had a locking screw & this piece is slid along the outside edge of the wood.
blunderbuss2 has it right but your tools are missing a part. The slots in these sliding heads once carried wedges (instead of locking screws). The head was moved down the handle until the nail was at the distance from the head that the mark was desired. The wedge was pushed in until it jammed the two parts together (it was on the top side of the handle - the nail on the bottom.)
Good call blunderbuss2,
They are also missing the wedges that hold the guide from moving once set. I would say these are real early onse as the later ones have a thumb screw to lock the guide.
Sorry, I'm slow at typing,lol
Awesome - Thanks for the info - I appreciate it - Mike