Can someone help me identify this handtool? I attached an image to this post. I picked it up in a box of tools from an estate sale.
It has a wooden handle. Coming out of the handle the tool is round and about half way down the shank it turns into a triangle. The end tapers to a point. There is no branding marks on the tool. There is some fine lines on the trangular part but feels smooth to the touch. I suspect it is a triangular scraping deburring tool but have never seen one before.
thanks..
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so sorry i can't find the picture attached.
according to your description, i am pretty sure that is a triangular scrapper. That is a hand tool that usually used for wood working in any wood furniture industries.
correct me if i am wrong
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A burnisher?
Agree, it’s a burnisher
I'm not sure the guy cares after all this time, but that there is a bearing scraper.
Yup - another zombie post... Never heard of one of those before, but certainly looks like one online.
Clearly, you don't pour your own Babbitt bearings.
I thought those were a relic of the past, but state of the art, brand new US Navy ships still use Babbitt bearings. I was shocked.
I knew I recognized it but couldn't place it. Borrowed a set once but ended up not using the set.
Ah yes, a Babbitt scraper. Very good ! I have a number of old machines with Babbitt bearings.
It is a woodworking awl sometimes referred to as Chisel Point Brad Awl or Edge Birdcage Awl. Square edge awl tears the wood fibers leaving a defined recess, while a round awl push the fibers apart.
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