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Another unidentified tool, this one from a reader. To me it looks like it could be a sandpaper holder, but...
Text on the tool is The Cin, TL tool Co. No 364. There is a logo of a circle with a H in the middle and it was made in the USA. Any ideas?
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11 comments:
paddle strop?
Sure appears to be a Hargrave #364 file cleaner that has lost it's steel card. Holes in the end do not appear in the catalogues,re-purposed?
Sorry, link for last comment. https://archive.org/details/CincinnatiToolCoCatalogNo80/page/n47/mode/2up
Thanks for the input, I think we've got it! The holes in the end are intriguing, not sure what they're for. If someone were to pour liquid in, that steel plate would probably not seal it in.
What's a paddle stop?
Some people strop with burlap or linen (maybe vegans?) If it is a file card made into a strop, maybe the holes are to store a couple slugs of compound?
What makes me think "not a strop" though are the staples...but maybe that's all they had and were careful.
Being a file card (cleaner) I was thinking the holes may have stored a couple saw files..??
Old skool filing technique as I have learned it, you use chalk on the file for the best finish.
With this tool you can store your chalk crayons in the file-cleaner, always at hand, a very clever tool !
and you can put yer weed in there.
I think André Smit has it. I learned 'chalk on file' for soft metals. Whether or not that's correct, it was a thing.
rdguy
Weed storage aside, we may have learned something here, thanks!
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