Buell Bros. Saddle Tool?

[PacificaVette]

I found this tool at a garage sale, and I was hoping someone has some information about its history. The engraving on the collet says, "MFR'D BY BUELL BROS. CO. CLINTON CONN. U.S.A." The tool has five interchangeable bits that can be stored in the handle. They don't seem to made for mechanical use, so I believe that an identical tool that was sold on Etsy was correctly identified as a saddler's tool. I thought it was a multi-screwdriver tool, until I got it home and examined it more carefully. For 75 cents, I figured, why not?

Does anyone have any information about this tool or history of the Buell Bros. Co.?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

See "Hollow handle multi-bit tools" thread in Sticky Index for a little more.

 

[PacificaVette]

See "Hollow handle multi-bit tools" thread in Sticky Index for a little more.

Thanks, Lugz---that thread is just what I was looking for.