Can anyone tell me what these chisel/knife/gouge things are?!

[Mike Cornwall]

428692428693428690428691428694Got this set of NOS blades still in cosmoline, can’t for the life of me figure out what they’d be? Weirdest part is they’re sharp along the long edges on the sides. I have zero clue, maybe y’all know?

[ken hatch]

Mike, I would guess fine cut rasps used for curved work.

ken

[Mike Cornwall]

Thanks Ken, but they aren’t coarse on their faces and backs, just machines a bit roughly and sharpened on the long edges. The only one that had been honed is the triangular one, it’s sharp.

[Warren Mickley]

They are scrapers for Babbitt bearings, soft metal bearings which are cast in place on old machinery

[Mike Cornwall]

Warren thanks a million, that makes perfect sense. I’m going to see if they scrape decent shavings off hard maple.

[Jim Koepke]

They are scrapers for Babbitt bearings, soft metal bearings which are cast in place on old machinery

That was also going to be my reply.

Found this via Google > Osborne No. MT2 Bearing Scraper

Since it is on ebay TOS do not allow posting a link. The ebay item # is eluding me.

jtk

[Jim Koepke]

Warren thanks a million, that makes perfect sense. I’m going to see if they scrape decent shavings off hard maple.

When you see what they sell for you may have second thoughts on that, especially since yours are 'vintage.'

jtk

[Mike Cornwall]

Thanks a million guys, I really would not have puzzled that one out on my own.

[ken hatch]

They are scrapers for Babbitt bearings, soft metal bearings which are cast in place on old machinery

Warren,

Thanks, I should have recognized them as I grew up over my Dad's shop and even poured a few Babbitt bearings back in the day.

ken