Found These at HfH Restore - What Are They?

[tooljunkie4]

I've never seen these before. They remind me of the internals of an old typewriter, but vary in thickness from tool to tool. What the heck have I found?

 

[Mintgrun]

Those are cool! They're engraving tools. Someone used them to mark that L in the ferrule.

This is the first image that came up with google.

 

[engineer2]

Cool find! I hear hand engraving is becoming a lost art.

 

[four.cycle]

They are engraving tools.
Fantastic find.

 

[four.cycle]

MINT VAUTIER SWITZERLAND NO. 70 GUNSMITHS GRAVER TOOL

Handle appears to be rosewood. Spotlessly clean and clearly marked.

teddawsonantiquetools.com

Vautier engraving tools at International Tool Catalog Library

NOT the same as Benjamin Vautier the Swiss painter

 

[slowtwitch73]

Wow.. quite the score...

 

[RTM]

I hear the individual tool is often called a graver, from the various old tool mongers I listen to. Different widths and different bends for different angled of attack are common. I think I have about six sitting in a project box, waiting for me to try making my own touch mark, again.

 

[tooljunkie4]

Neat. From the looks of things, I have nowhere near a complete set here.

I also don't have a lot of time or emotion invested in the things. They are something I picked up just to learn about them.

Which of you guys above would like them? Cost = 0.

 

[cvairwerks]

Tool: A complete set would be well into hundreds of them.

 

[jabberwoki]

You have to try one out first and post pics of your work...

 

[geneg]

Neat. From the looks of things, I have nowhere near a complete set here.

I also don't have a lot of time or emotion invested in the things. They are something I picked up just to learn about them.

Which of you guys above would like them? Cost = 0.

I'm interested! Please send me a pm so I can pay for the shipping if not more. Thanks

 

[tooljunkie4]

I'm interested! Please send me a pm so I can pay for the shipping if not more. Thanks

Message sent. Will drop by the post office today if I receive an address in time to do so.

 

[Mike'smeatshop]

Message sent. Will drop by the post office today if I receive an address in time to do so.

You are great. I don't care what geneg says about ya. lol.

 

[four.cycle]

Very cool. I would have piped up, but honestly I don't think my eyesight is good enough any more!

 

[RTM]

Very cool. I would have piped up, but honestly I don't think my eyesight is good enough any more!

That's what an Optivisor is for. Just pick your focal length.

 

[geneg]

You are great. I don't care what geneg says about ya. lol.

He IS great! Opened up the extremely well packed box & now need to combine them with the others I have as soon as I can find them.

 

[jabberwoki]

Cannot wait for pix of your set.