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Bob Smalser
10-19-2004, 10:12 AM
Anybody know what these were for?
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Definitely not a caulking iron. The ad is as clear as mud, but I believe these are side views...
...thick working edges with coves.
Some sort of ironing device to form a bead in pitch or plaster?
Thick enough to be used hot.
DR Barton was an edge tool maker, and I suspect these are tempered tool steel.
Chris Padilla
10-19-2004, 10:42 AM
Are ya gonna bid, Bob? :) If nothing, it might be some nice iron to use for something else or rehab to their intended use!
Steve Jenkins
10-19-2004, 1:53 PM
Don't know what they are but depending on the thickness the look like they would be good for caulking with oakum. Them and a wooden mallet. Steve
Rob Bourgeois
10-19-2004, 2:25 PM
Maybe something to tool mortar with when doing brickwork?
Scott Quesnelle
10-19-2004, 4:54 PM
If you take a look here:
http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bioBarton.html
Then mention a few different D.R. Barton's who were tool makers. This one struck me as a possibility.
David R. Barton & Co.: 1849 - 1874.
Adzes, axes, carpenter tools, chisels, cooper's tools, drawknives, hammers, hatchets, picks, tinsmith tools and wooden planes.
Marks: D. R. BARTON (with and without the CO.) and ROCHESTER (with and without the N.Y.). Some included "1832" and some a star figure. There was a variety of shapes used with the lettering: straight line, oval and half-circle.
Location: 136 Mill Street
What about it being a tinsmithing tool? Used to run grooves? or used with a matching stake it could make a nice round profile on tin.
Just a wild guess though.
harry strasil
10-19-2004, 6:23 PM
they look like joint tools a white (stone)mason would use on the wide joints of native stone work.
Tom LaRussa
11-04-2004, 2:39 PM
Anybody know what these were for?
Definitely not a caulking iron. The ad is as clear as mud, but I believe these are side views...
...thick working edges with coves.
Some sort of ironing device to form a bead in pitch or plaster?
Thick enough to be used hot.
DR Barton was an edge tool maker, and I suspect these are tempered tool steel.
Bob,
Just curious, did you ever find out what those things were for?
Bob Smalser
11-04-2004, 3:12 PM
No...that's why I didn't follow up.
Most thought it was a beading tool for mortar joints in masonry....but it wouldn't have to be near so heavy for that.
A better answer was probably a forming tool to be used with a factory sheet metal rolling machine to form a beaded joint....or even a saddlery to form decorative edges in leather...but nobody had seen anything like that, either.
Bob Smalser
11-05-2004, 4:38 PM
Most folks were correct.
Hi Bob,
You were stumped. So was I. The answers that were coming back did not seen to be right. The brick jointer idea seemed a bit far fetched. Why would it be so heavy? so I just filed it in the brain and waited for something to come up. Well It has!
Today a Copy of the Edward Preston catalogue for 1909 arrived in the post. on glancing through it, low and behold,
There on page 105 is your tool. You know what - it is a brick jointer!
They came in three sizes, Flat and three sizes grooved.
Regards, Ralph
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