Vintage Greenlee Auger

[Arne73]

Needed to do some digging last week and dug out this Greenlee #2 hand auger.

There doesn't appear to be a "show us your vintage Greenlee Tools" thread. If I'm correct, I'll rename the thread and make one.

 

[RTM]

Somewhere a beer barrel is lamenting the desecration of his friend. I use the more common small sizes when I have to put things to alternate uses.

 

[humber2]

Isn't the auger made by Greenlee, not Greenfield?

 

[Arne73]

Hmmmm, let me make a few adjustments....

There's no lead-in screw on the tip, I'd be surprised if this was intended for wood.

 

[RTM]

Isn't the auger made by Greenlee, not Greenfield?

Nah, both made them. NVM, Misread your comment. I looked at the pic of the tool….. can’t delete my oops

Greenlee Tools for Mortising and Boring : Catalog No. 28 : Greenlee Brothers & Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

70 p., illus. 28.2 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

 

[RTM]

There's no lead-in screw on the tip, I'd be surprised if this was intended for wood.

You could be right, just giving you grief. I have a handle like that someone homemade, and it has a 2” Snell auger in it, that dates to around 1900, see it here just left of center, disassembled

 

[Arne73]

No worries, I didn't even have the manufacturers name right when I posted!