glass cutter

[kwigly]

A different glass cutter.
The only marking on this brass glasscutter is "made in Switzerland". The handle unscrews to reveal 4 extra cutter wheels, with a screwdriver exposed on one end of the handle to remove the screw holding the cutter in place (the screwdriver feature reminds me of those nesting brass screwdriver sets)
[My accumulated regular type glass cutters are "Red Devil", "Fletcher", and "Diamantor", and I seem to be incompetent in using any of them]

 

[four.cycle]

Excellent.
I've been thinking we need a "glass cutter" thread.
That Swiss unit is fabulous!

Fletchers are almost as common as rocks. They've been making pretty much the same model forever.
Fletcher / Fletcher Terry Co., 65 Spring Lane, Farmington, CT 06032 / "Fletcher" glass cutter / est. 1868 /

The older "Red Devil" models vary in design and appearance slightly. The differences are very subtle.
Red Devil / (see Smith & Hemenway Co.) /
Smith / Smith & Hemenway Co. Inc., 101 Coit St., Irvington, NJ / "Red Devil" "Never Slip" / http://alloy-artifacts.org/smith-hemenway.html / http://alloy-artifacts.org/smith-hemenway.html#smith-hemenway / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=374811 / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8700232&postcount=23 / https://trowelcollector.blogspot.com/2014/10/red-devil-inc.html?m=1 /

 

[jar944]

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[My accumulated regular type glass cutters are "Red Devil", "Fletcher", and "Diamantor", and I seem to be incompetent in using any of them]

They wear out, or at least the wheels are considered consumables. They also have different wheel bevel angles for different glass thickness.


And when you cut a pile of panes 1/8 oversized

 

[RTM]

I've seen kwigly's brass cutter before. Kinda classes the place up a bit, doesn't it.

 

[kwigly]

Thanks for the history leads four.cycle. The "Red Devil" thread shows a variety of their glass cutters. My ones include an older one with the S-H script lettering (model G1), and a newer model 023

 

[marinusdees]

A different glass cutter.
The only marking on this brass glasscutter is "made in Switzerland". The handle unscrews to reveal 4 extra cutter wheels, with a screwdriver exposed on one end of the handle to remove the screw holding the cutter in place (the screwdriver feature reminds me of those nesting brass screwdriver sets)
[My accumulated regular type glass cutters are "Red Devil", "Fletcher", and "Diamantor", and I seem to be incompetent in using any of them]

Old glass is a b---- to cut, if not impossible. New glass is fun, compared.

 

[WisJim]

Here's a Millers Falls No.1 glass cutter. It holds 6 cutter wheels in the head and they are movable by loosening a screw. Before 1949 this tool was labeled Goodell-Pratt, but M-F quit using the G-P name on tools in the 1949 catalog, although G-P was still mentioned in descriptions.

 

[vrinner]

Here are my cutters. Although I dig using older tools, when it comes to glass cutting, these Toyo models really do a great job even on old vintage glass. The one on the left is my primary one, middle for breaking down large sheets and the one on the right for my kids or teaching beginners.

 

[no704]

I like the ones with a handle you can fill with oil to lube the wheel!

 

[M.R.Gillis]

Any information on these ?

 

[isb cornbinder]

A different glass cutter.
The only marking on this brass glasscutter is "made in Switzerland". The handle unscrews to reveal 4 extra cutter wheels, with a screwdriver exposed on one end of the handle to remove the screw holding the cutter in place (the screwdriver feature reminds me of those nesting brass screwdriver sets)
[My accumulated regular type glass cutters are "Red Devil", "Fletcher", and "Diamantor", and I seem to be incompetent in using any of them]

Like these? I cannot cut glass either.

 

[four.cycle]

Any information on these ?

red devil - see "red devil" thread (listed in the sticky index) - Private Lugnutz and LesserSon are far more conversant on Red Devil/Smith & Hemenway than I am.

I have never seen those German brands before.

The "Diamond" marked unit with the black handle is difficult to read detail on... "DIAMOND TOOLS B201 BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND" ???? : (my eyes are old)

you MIGHT find something on that unit at GracesGuide.co.uk - source for all things British -

not sure if Wolfgang is going to have glass cutters on his site.... he's more focused on "wood" stuff: https://www.holzwerken.de/sitemap.phtml - Wolfgang's directory of German tool makers (primarily focused on woodworking tools)

you'll want to be posting those Red Devils in the "Red Devil" thread - those are definitely keepers.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

you'll want to be posting those Red Devils in the "Red Devil" thread - those are definitely keepers.

Well, your intent is good, 4.c, but @M.R.Gillis 's Red Devil glass cutter is not a Smith & Hemenway "Red Devil" branded tool. It's from the company making painters' and glaziers' tools operating initially out of their old IMCO supplier's Irvington, NJ factory (after 1955, in Union) that Mr. Smith eventually named Red Devil after S&H split up and sold their inventory and tooling to Crescent. It's one of the more convoluted histories in vintage tools, exacerbated by the weirdness of Crescent still using the Red Devil brand they acquired from S&H even as the company Red Devil was using it as their name. EDIT: Red Devil thread does have an interesting post from a former employee that does provide a slightly different history.

 

[LesserSon]

Glass cutters as items frequently found among mixed purchases came up on the Annual Garage Sale thread, so I thought we could revive this thread as a general go-to for posting interesting ones. Unfortunately, I did not find my interesting ones on my first pass through the hoard, so here are some prosaic ones.

Somewhere I’ve got a cast iron multitool with glass cutter DNA. I’ll repost when it turns up.

 

[LesserSon]

Four months later…


I found that iron glass cutter! Marked “9”, it resembles an Andress No5, Pat24Aug1875, according to this illustration. Mine has the corkscrew broken off.

EDIT - on the other hand, DATAMP suggests the item incorporates patent 166954, which is descibed as a rotary paper cutter, manufactured by Smith & Hemenway.

 

[Beerhippie]

How can you possibly use a glass cutter without a corkscrew?

 

[four.cycle]

wow! cool finds!

your odd one was also marked as "The Woodward Tool" - the patent apparently just applies to the wheel part, which describes it as "paper cutter".

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Somewhere I’ve got a cast iron multitool with glass cutter DNA. I’ll repost when it turns up...[ ]...Four months later…

Snerk. Better late than never!

...it resembles an Andress No5, Pat24Aug1875, according to this illustration. Mine has the corkscrew broken off.

Welcome to the Broken Off Cork Screw Club! See below. More in the Lugzsonian linked here.

 

[Steve_P]

I used to have a fancy Japanese made glass cutter that had a reservoir in the wooden handle for kerosene as a lubricant that dripped on the wheel. The handle also rotated about the long axis from side to side. No idea what happened to it, but it was the Lexus of glass cutters...

This is the closest I could find

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[d42jeep]

I didn’t know that there was a separate glass cutter thread. I have a few I’ve found over the years. My favorite is the Millers Falls in the sleeve.
-Don.

 

[Beerhippie]

By far the prettiest glass cutter I've run across:



Cocobolo?



Looks like I still have two fresh wheels.

 

[LesserSon]

This loose and wobbly Saxonia Cutlery Co Germany knife turned up today while I was searching for something else. Pretty well beat to death, but it does have a glass cutter (and a corkscrew).

 

[four.cycle]

^ WOW! That is a piece of work!

 

[Beerhippie]

^ WOW! That is a piece of work!

Really! If the corkscrew doesn't work, just cut off the top of the bottle!

 

[four.cycle]

^ They were apparently a very popular brand of "Art Deco" pocket knives in the 1930s. I am curious as to what the piece is which appears to be riveted to the side.

 

[LesserSon]

I think it’s a decorative panel of translucent tortoiseshell-y plastic in a recess. There’s a corresponding piece on the other side.
The combination of glass cutter and corkscrew begs a romantic explanation. I envision burglary and celebration - sort of a Thomas Crown Affair thing. Or maybe it’s intended to facilitate elopement.

 

[four.cycle]

Your mind definitely wanders in different directions than my own.
I am vacillating right now about whether or not I should really pull the trigger on this fabulous "Saxonia" manicure set!
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