Sorry, hadn't gotten around to tagging the pics yet.

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Bruce Zenge  wrote:

> Kirk,
>
> There are two green handled tools in your picture.  Is the upper one
> a leather working tool?  And if it is, what's it for?  I have one of
> these somewhere and wonder if I've been missing something.
>

With the starting caveat being "if you don't know what it is, its a leather
working tool!"

I am not really sure.  There were a few leather working tools in the box,
groover and skiver, and a couple of the Hyde knives.  These actually might
be hoof cleaning tools. There were other odd tools like grout removing,
fishing pliers etc.  These are sharpened near the end, but not the bend.
Made in USA is all I have to go on.  I stupidly left the drawknife type
skier behind (at least thats what I think it was!)

Ed Minch  wrote:

Is the handle on the eggbeater original??

Not sure yet, but I doubt it.  Its a 1530 gizmocity drill, and the handle
fitting is old and covered with gunk. Could be some brazing under the
gunk.  Don't see any mention of pistol grip in the North Bros book.  It was
probably done a long time ago.


Chuck Taylor  wrote:

Nice score! Is the surface of the F. Dick sharpening steel smooth or
serrated?

Not smooth, but very fine serrations.  Definitely smoother than my
Henckel's steel.






-- 
Kirk Eppler, afraid brave the traffic to look for the skiver