What did I get?

[apm]

My son in law likes to get me unusual tools for birthdays, etc. He gave me this one, thinking it was a saw set. It is not, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. It actually is a punch of some sort. I added a picture of the shape that the anvil punches out of a piece of paper. There are a lot of adjustments. The wheel is marked B, B1, H and H1 with individual numbers at each detent. The only markings on the tool are Acme and pat. appld. for. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Greg

 

[alcorelli]

Looks like a pattern Maker's punch.
Something from the garment trade for marking the patterns.



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[apm]

Looks like a pattern Maker's punch.
Something from the garment trade for marking the patterns.



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The way it is set up, it looks like it's meant to only punch thin strips like shown in the picture. Would that be consistent with pattern making? I did a Google search for pattern makers punch, but didn't find anything similar.

thanks,

Greg