What are these?? and some nice finds today

[NJ Marty]

First off what are the things in the brass tubes in the first 2 pictures? These got me stumped. I went to a sale and got some neat things, filled up my 5 gal bucket and got these and about 15 lbs of punches, dies, taps bits etc. $10 for the full bucket. She didn't even want to look through the bucket, she seemed surprised I wanted the "scraps" left by others as I call them.

 

[Kevin54]

The first two pics look like stamps to put decorative designs in metal. Pretty damn cool if you as me. The rest of the items are pretty well self explanatory.........hammers scribes, letter stamps, wire gages, and so on.

 

[NJ Marty]

The first two pics look like stamps to put decorative designs in metal. Pretty damn cool if you as me. The rest of the items are pretty well self explanatory.........hammers scribes, letter stamps, wire gages, and so on.

Yes, it is the first 2 pictures I am stumped on but maybe they are for metal work.

 

[RivennHewn]

Leather texturing tools

 

[slip knot]

Those Williams wrenches are sweet.

 

[jakemac]

The first picture looks like the tins are full of Leather Tooling. They might be for metal stamping, but I can't say for sure.

 

[drivesitfar]

Marty: you paid too much again. i guess you are made of money so why not. seriously those number and letter stamps look complete and those alone sell for quite a bit. those hammer's handles are just damn cool and Kevin might have the answer on the little metal pieces.

congrats again.

 

[rlitman]

The cool handled hammers are called "german chasing hammers".
The first can has stamps for texturing. I wouldn't use them on steel, but they'd work well on leather or copper sheet.
The second can looks to have rivet sets, and other neat punches.

Oh, and you totally ****!

 

[NJ Marty]

Just pulled this out of the bucket, it seems to go with the punches. It has some kind of hard rubber. I thought it was a sharpening stone before I opened it. And the punches are stamped.

 

[CNGsaves]

Ready made tools for saddle leather embossing !!

Maybe cowboy boot business ??

How many buckaroos & mavericks do you have there in New Jersey ??

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Nice score...

 

[Ronbedard57]

Nice to think that our widows will sell off our "junk" at $10 a bucket. Serves us right.

 

[NJ Marty]

Nice to think that our widows will sell off our "junk" at $10 a bucket. Serves us right.

The items came from an estate sale run by and estate sale company.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yep, agreed, leather stamps, wish I'd found those... and I think the oddly handled hammers are also for leather work. and dang Marty, you ****...

 

[DJF123]

Nice find. Love old measuring tools. Are the micrometers in good shape? What make are they? Just curious.

 

[bluebolt]

You **** Marty!

 

[Kevin54]

I never gave leather stamps a though but I do remember back in industrial arts in high school making a belt and using stamps to put the decorations into the leather.

 

[william.m.hamilton2]

Not to argue with any experts, but I am betting the stamps are more for Repoussé and metal decoration. They look to be hardened steel. Three of hammers are chasing hammers (engraving). Most of the old binders and tooling stamps came out of Philadelphia (Wm. ROSE) or Sheffield England. Tandy leathercraft later flooded us with chinneese stuff. One of them is marked made in France, a country known for thier metal and Repoussé work for the last 400 years.

Very neat and cool find! Please look for more stamps and or identification marks!

 

[NJ Marty]

Not to argue with any experts, but I am betting the stamps are more for Repoussé and metal decoration. They look to be hardened steel. Three of hammers are chasing hammers (engraving). Most of the old binders and tooling stamps came out of Philadelphia (Wm. ROSE) or Sheffield England. Tandy leathercraft later flooded us with chinneese stuff. One of them is marked made in France, a country known for thier metal and Repoussé work for the last 400 years.

Very neat and cool find! Please look for more stamps and or identification marks!

William, I think you are correct. I did a lot of searching and Repousse tools seem to be what they are. Here is a completed listing of 20.
Thanks again.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-FRENCH-R...451?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339bc85893

 

[Steevo]

Marty,

If you decide to sell the repousse tooling, please let me know via PM.
I do some jewelry making and could use the texture stamps for brass and copper.

 

[Kwikasfaki]

Photo # 7 is a set of ignition spanners, for fitting points etc.
Photo # 5 Looks to be a wire etc. gauge measure
Photo # 4 is a thread gauge, imperial, threads per inch

 

[Johnny chaos]

I am going to say repousse as well........Cool finds

 

[Oldpine]

Are you sure that the item in the box isn't a sharpening stone. Looks like a white arkansas one to me. How big is the box?

Tom

 

[bonneyman]

Those Williams wrenches are sweet.

What he said!

I have a set of those going. Nice in tight areas.

 

[Boatman53]

My grandfather was an engraver and I have some of those same tools.
Jim

 

[Bierisch]

....Photo # 5 Looks to be a wire etc. gauge measure
Photo # 4 is a thread gauge, imperial, threads per inch

The Blodgett Gauge and the other gauge are most likely Machinist Gauges, I know Blodgett also made gauges like the one in Photo #4. Just saying.