Can anyone ID this tool?
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the gypsy
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Can it be a tool used in the leather industry?
the gypsy
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After looking on google images for leather tools , I feel I may have made a mistake. I have not seen anything even remotely similar to this tool for leather work.
lbgradwell
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It's a sharpener for a cork cutter.
First my apologies Ducksface, I was joking about your input but the wife told me what a dibble is for, planting bulbs. Well had to check it out and it is just like a dibble tool but with the blade, also a dibble is some kind of rare marsupial rodent looking thing.
The conical part is heavy brass and the blade has some circular marks along the top edge. The handle is very soft light wood.
lbgradwell - thats it! I had no idea, it has been in my tool box for years and never needed it for anything. I never knew.
Now I need to get some corks to sharpen.
But really what is a cork sharpener do? It got jammed up in one of my draws and this is what got me thinking what the hell is this thing.
Thank you so much.
Terry
The conical part is heavy brass and the blade has some circular marks along the top edge. The handle is very soft light wood.
lbgradwell - thats it! I had no idea, it has been in my tool box for years and never needed it for anything. I never knew.
Now I need to get some corks to sharpen.
But really what is a cork sharpener do? It got jammed up in one of my draws and this is what got me thinking what the hell is this thing.
Thank you so much.
Terry
lbgradwell
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Terry, it's not for sharpening the cork itself, but rather the boring tool that cuts the cork for the bottle.
4xdog
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It's a sharpener for a set of laboratory cork borers. Those borers are truly useful tools -- I use my set all the time -- and a sharpener is a good accessory to keep them sharp.
One inserts the cone into the cutting end of the borer tube, presses the cutting blade against the edge, and twists the borer to freshen the edge.
PS: Exactly as lbgradwell says.
One inserts the cone into the cutting end of the borer tube, presses the cutting blade against the edge, and twists the borer to freshen the edge.
PS: Exactly as lbgradwell says.
I was kidding about sharpening corks, dull corks are much safer.
But seriously I've been searching to see how this is used and couldn't make sense with just verbal descriptions. 4xdog thanks for that picture now I see.
Picture totally explained it to me. I think the wife can actually use it to dress up some of her punches for vinyl, leather and paper. Try it anyway.
Terry
But seriously I've been searching to see how this is used and couldn't make sense with just verbal descriptions. 4xdog thanks for that picture now I see.
Picture totally explained it to me. I think the wife can actually use it to dress up some of her punches for vinyl, leather and paper. Try it anyway.
Terry