Looks like something I should know, but I am drawing a blank. It was given to me
as a three corner scraper without handle, but it is not.

Cross section is roughly a 60deg segment from a cylinder, with fine grooving on
the most of the cylindrical surface like a knife steel, and the end cut at an
angle. No edge sharp, and the metal is not as hard as a file, but is not soft
(don't want to hit it with a hardness tester)
Ideas?
photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132023211@N.../with/16646414084/"
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/132023211@N.../with/16646414084/

Maybe I’m being superficial, but to me it just looks like a chisel in need of a
handle, but one that may have been a file at some point.

Jim


On Apr 25, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Erik Levin via OldTools  wrote:

Looks like something I should know, but I am drawing a blank. It was given to me
as a three corner scraper without handle, but it is not.

Cross section is roughly a 60deg segment from a cylinder, with fine grooving on
the most of the cylindrical surface like a knife steel, and the end cut at an
angle. No edge sharp, and the metal is not as hard as a file, but is not soft
(don't want to hit it with a hardness tester)
Ideas?
photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132023211@N.../with/16646414084/"
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/132023211@N.../with/16646414084/

Agree, it is a repurposed file - I have lots of these, including a triangular
burnisher, now that is a lot of work.

Cheers
Peter

Peter Evans
Sydney, Australia

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Subject: Re: [OldTools] What is this tool?

Maybe I’m being superficial, but to me it just looks like a chisel in need of a
handle, but one that may have been a file at some point.

Jim


On Apr 25, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Erik Levin via OldTools  wrote:

Looks like something I should know, but I am drawing a blank. It was given to me
as a three corner scraper without handle, but it is not.

Cross section is roughly a 60deg segment from a cylinder, with fine grooving on
the most of the cylindrical surface like a knife steel, and the end cut at an
angle. No edge sharp, and the metal is not as hard as a file, but is not soft
(don't want to hit it with a hardness tester) Ideas?
photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132023211@N.../with/16646414084/"
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/132023211@N.../with/16646414084/