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Title: Anyone know what this is?
Post by: wood carver 2 on July 26, 2021, 06:58:45 PM

A friend of mine from work gave me this tool today. He said that it’s pretty old.
He’s not sure what it is and neither am I. Anyone have an idea?
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It has a stamp on the shaft that reads 7/8. I’m leaning towards it being a leather stamp, but it’s mushroomed on the end from being struck fairly hard.
Dave.

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is?
Post by: Pat B on July 26, 2021, 07:40:04 PM

Looks like a leather punch for scalloped edges or cutting out a " sunbursts".

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is?
Post by: Pine on July 26, 2021, 07:56:32 PM

2X ^^^^^
I use one with leather

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is?
Post by: wood carver 2 on July 26, 2021, 08:56:59 PM

I’m thinking that it’s a leather punch myself. You would need to punch a lot of leather to mushroom out the end like that. It looks like it’s been used on something hard.
I guess it will be staying with my leather working tools.
Dave.

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is?
Post by: Wheels2 on July 27, 2021, 04:12:35 PM

You could always use it to scoop out melons or pumpkins.
Someday our kids are going to have to go through our "junk" drawers and ask "what is it?"

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is?
Post by: Hud on August 09, 2021, 01:13:57 AM

It looks like a tool to cut starbursts for leather work, and the other end may have hammer marks.