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Interesting. Thanks.

Thanks again. Yes, there's no doubt.

Thanks. I never would have guessed.

Hi. I have an unusual looking clamp that looks as if it is supposed to pinch something together at the four corners. It has a larger screw midway down that controls the separation of the corners in one direction and two small screws further down that control the separation of the corners in...

Thanks, alinc100. The link you provided was very helpful, particularly the comment of "jimithing" on February 4, 2012. It looks as if he felt that the "D" type, despite possibly referring to "Defect", was "in every way as good as the 750 line".

Thank you. I have seen similar Stanley tools numbered 750; this number does not appear on mine. Do you know what the significance of the "D" is?

Just in follow-up, I guess this is a chisel. But I still wonder about the letter "D".

Hello. Thank you for your previous help. I have another mystery (at least to me) vintage tool. It has a wood handle an a long steel shaft at the end of which is a rather sharp blade edge measuring about 1/4 inch wide. This blade is not curved at all; it is perfectly flat. The shaft has six...

Very nice examples. The handles fold which is neat.

Thanks, Milton.

Thanks, RTM, for these references. I think mine most resembles the carpenter's draw knife on page 27 of the 1905 catalog, except that the oval stamp is not located in the middle, but instead is on the left hand side, between the end of the blade and the left handle. Also, I don't see the word...

Thanks four.cycle. Makes sense. I don't want to abrade off any hallmarks like the one I just uncovered. I am in the US (Louisiana).

Hi. Thanks to both of you (Private Lugnutz and four.cycle). I looked for a hallmark similar to the one on the die stock (photo posted by Private Lugnutz above) and couldn't find any.

Thanks to all of you. I worked on the rust some more (just rubbing harder with a paper towel to chip off the rust) and think I can see an ovoid hallmark within which is printed "L&I J White 1837". Should I be more aggressive cleaning old tools like this? If so, what do you use?

Received a message stating it is a "draw knife". And yes, it looks like it is used to skin trees. Still seems dangerous to me.