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jayemm said:
maybe for lifting buckets with wire handles.
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My first thought was lid remover, but the angles looked wrong.

I could see carrier, but for most people the bucket would drag the ground....
 
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PCustoms said:
By who, any other markings?

Looks like a handle/grip of some sort.
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Back in the old days, when packages from retail were tied with string, they made package carriers. Some had a folding hook. Wonder if that what it is.
 
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PCustoms said:
My first thought was lid remover, but the angles looked wrong.

I could see carrier, but for most people the bucket would drag the ground....
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Going by the picture it looks like the bucket would only be about 4" lower than carrying by hand.
 
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Going back to my early Boy Scout days, I was gonna guess the Left Handed Smoke Shifter the older guys sent us to look for but could never find :sneaky:
 
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Lol, even posted the picture in opposite orientation to use. Never would have thought that handle went the other way like a plane. Tricky.

Has to be two a two handed handle for axe sharpening maybe?
 
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Lol - Some people are taking this way too seriously.
It was just an inconsequential trivia question - no setup, no rigging, no fake news.

Collectively, this forum has probably the most tool knowledge of any other place on earth. One little tricky trivia question would not diminish that distinction at all.
 
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Old Man Roger said:
Video?
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20+ years in machine shops and various other fabrication shops. It's called on the job training, not a youtube video. A file only cuts in one direction, which is AWAY from you when held with the tang towards you. When I see someone using a file like a toothbrush I just shake my head.
 
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Maybe you could come down off your mountain and explain or demonstrate how that holds a file then. It looks like the file would fall off every time you pick it up. Maybe there is a strap?
 
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Willie Makeit said:
20+ years in machine shops and various other fabrication shops. It's called on the job training, not a youtube video. A file only cuts in one direction, which is AWAY from you when held with the tang towards you. When I see someone using a file like a toothbrush I just shake my head.
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Not picking up the file on the backstroke is just easier, it‘s probably faster too.

Im guessing you would wrap a finger around the file to hold it in place?
 
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Old Man Roger said:
Not picking up the file on the backstroke is just easier, it‘s probably faster too.

Im guessing you would wrap a finger around the file to hold it in place?
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It looks like there is a socket under the handle shaped section.
The tapered tang gets pushed into the socket, and remains in place since pushing the file forward continues to force the file tang into the socket.
 
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neophyte said:
It looks like there is a socket under the handle shaped section.
The tapered tang gets pushed into the socket, and remains in place since pushing the file forward continues to force the file tang into the socket.
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Ya, I see that, but what keeps it from falling out if you’re filing at a down angle?
 
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Old Man Roger said:
Not picking up the file on the backstroke is just easier, it‘s probably faster too.

Im guessing you would wrap a finger around the file to hold it in place?
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like i said before, "if one knows how to properly use a file" ... you are dulling and deforming the "teeth" on the file by dragging it backwards across the workpiece.

you made the statement that files are consumables, while this is true to a certain extent, I have files in my tool box that have been in use for well over 20 years and still cut effectively enough that I still use them on a regular basis. I mean, ALL tools can be considered consumables when they aren't used in the proper fashion, i.e.: using a screwdriver as a prybar, using a crescent wrench as a hammer, etc.

The holder the OP original posted is made in such a way that once you put the tang into the hole it also places a downward force on the file with the little "nib" on the end by deflecting the file a bit and there is no need to hold it in place. The downward force the user exerts to move the file along the workpiece "pushes" the file deeper into the socket under the handle. Really no different than a standard file "handle" is simple held to the file body by nothing more than force-fit & friction.
 
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