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276889 | John Ruth <johnrruth@h...> | 2023‑01‑10 | Re: Large triangular burnisher (?) marked "K&F Made in USA" ( *CORRECTED* ) |
With profuse apologies to Kirk and all the assembled Galooterati, I'm starting over, hopefully without the previous typos!!! A *Corrected* Whatzit Mystery" for your consideration. I recently bought two mystery tools at a local Flea. ( Observation on that, later. ) They appear to be large triangular burnishers. Envision a 12" triangular tapered file _13/16" wide_, without teeth nor any sign that it ever had teeth. It's in a 5" wooden handle with a brass ferrule that's made of simple brass tubing. ( Tool is 17" LOA ). The edges are slightly rounded and the sides are flat. This pretty much ruled out a "bearing scraper", as bearing scrapers have sharp edges and a concave relief on each side. The tip shows some signs of corner-rounding, but only for about 1/4" back from the tip. All three sides have a trademark just above the tang. ( i.e. in the same position as a file would be stamped. ). Why would the maker _identically_ stamp all three sides? The mark is "K & F" enclosed in an ellipse. "Made in USA" is wrapped around the exterior of the eclipse. My speculations run toward a folding or creasing tool for bookbinding. Second most likely seems to be leatherwork. _The 13/16" width steers me away from thinking it's an ordinary scraper burnisher._ Now, that observation I hinted at: The mere fact that I bought two tools without knowing what they are is a symptom of the disease we all have! John Ruth Metuchen, NJ I'm going to attempt to delete the previous erroneous post from the groups.io website. -- Kirk Eppler Planned Time Off no major events planned Principal Engineer Pharm Dev Processing eppler.kirk@g...<mailto:eppler.kirk@g...> 650 225-3911 -- Kirk Eppler Planned Time Off no major events planned Principal Engineer Pharm Dev Processing eppler.kirk@g...<mailto:eppler.kirk@g...> 650 225-3911 |
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276891 | Chris Wolf <hframe79001@g...> | 2023‑01‑10 | Re: Large triangular burnisher (?) marked "K&F Made in USA" ( *CORRECTED* ) |
The company is probably Kearney & Foot, apparently mostly known as file makers. http://americanmadefiles.blogspot.com/2014/02/kearney-foot-files.html Here's examples of some for sale: https://www.ebay.com/itm/394169949107 https://www.ebay.com/itm/175483641282 <https://www.ebay.com/itm/175483641282> 17" is awfully long to be a burnisher for card scrapers. --Chris Check out H-frame, the site for vintage Black & Decker Workmates https://h-frame.weebly.com/ |
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276893 | Kirk Eppler | 2023‑01‑10 | Re: Large triangular burnisher (?) marked "K&F Made in USA" ( *CORRECTED* ) |
My guess would be the same as Chris’ reply. Here are some catalog listings . No time to look, lost my free time tonight to fetching sandbags https://archive.org/details/internationaltoolcataloglibrary?query=Kearney Kirk in Half Moon Bay, CA On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 6:30 PM Chris Wolf |
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276895 | Thomas Conroy | 2023‑01‑10 | Re: Large triangular burnisher (?) marked "K&F Made in USA" ( *CORRECTED* ) |
O Galoots: John Ruth wrote asking about what "appear to be large triangular burnishers. Envision a 12" triangular tapered file _13/16" wide_, without teeth nor any sign that it ever had teeth. It's in a 5" wooden handle with a brass ferrule that's made of simple brass tubing. ( Tool is 17" LOA )....The mark is "K & F" enclosed in an ellipse. "Made in USA" is wrapped around the exterior of the eclipse.""My speculations run toward a folding or creasing tool for bookbinding. Second most likely seems to be leatherwork...." Wotcher, John. Its not any bookbinding tool known to me. It's certainly not a manufactured binding tool, though it might be a user-made tool for a use I don't know. But for creasing and folding, binders tend to prefer (in order) bone, brass, stainless steel, extremely hard wood. The hands stay clean and these materials are felt as gentler on paper or leather. There are various kinds of carbon steel tools around, but they tend to be low preference because of the danger of rust getting on the hands or paper (there is a lot of water in a bindery, at least by woodworking standards). Also, a chemical reaction of water, leather, and steel causes a deep black indelible stain on leather, and even a tiny dot of this is a major disaster. A few long steel tools with wooden handles are used (especially burnishers for leather), but they tend to be used heated so they typically have long handles and short massive heads. The described tool just doesn't sound like something I would find in a bindery. Tom ConroyBerkeley |
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