Looks like it would cut rabbets on a curved surface/

Was going to guess leather working, since I could not see it well
originally.

The steel is Jessop, so no real leads there.

And you said bronze, so could be user copied.

Will check the spokeshave book when I get home.

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 4:42 PM, JAMES THOMPSON  wrote:

> OK that was the wrong url. Try this:
>
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/102358420595488787966/October30201403?au
thuser=0&feat=directlink">https://picasaweb.google.com/102358420595488787966/Oct
ober30201403?authuser=0&feat=directlink
>
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 4:40 PM, JAMES THOMPSON  wrote:
>
> > Here are pictures of one of the tools I recently was given. I have no
> idea what it is for. Looks like a shave for trimming a sliding dovetail,
> but that’s a WAG on my part. But the porch has never failed me yet.
> >
> >
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