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What is this tool and use?

guitarbutt

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I got this tool in an assortment of miscellaneous stuff. It has 3 edges. I assume it's an awl of some kind, but when researching awls, I find the long point round shaft ones and 4 side square/ birdcage awls.

It may also not even be an awl, but I'm curious what it is and what it's used for
 

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RoninB4

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If it's triangular in cross section it's an older style deburring tool used in metalworking. Works fairly well on holes, not so much on edges made by two flat surfaces. It used to be fairly common 50 years ago but there's other deburring tools that work much better now.

I suppose it could also be used for scraping in a surface but it's a bit awkward for the ID of a bearing surface and I wouldn't reach for first. Something with a curve like this was what the old men used and what I was taught with. 1718404775286.png


For flat surfaces there's these 1718405102473.png types that come in a variety of shapes/sizes per individual preference. There's also the Biax power scraper but that's not what the OP asked about.

The one the OP has is likely hardened very high on the Rc scale and can chip somewhat easily. High hardness for cutting metal (deburring) also means the metal is somewhat brittle, especially if it's made from W-1 like they used to. It should have a hollow grind, made by simply holding against the periphery of a pedestal grinder wheel to re-sharpen. Most were about 5" in length when new, many times they were shortened for better control or the one the OP has is just that old to have been ground to the nub length it is now. I have several and still find them to be a quick way to deburr plastic or other soft materials when a file just throws a fuzzy edge.
 

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The last one I remember seeing was a beautiful example with a black bulbous handle and a brass ferrule that @duddly found and posted on the 2021 Garage Sale thread, linked here. Prevailing opinion was indeed some kind of burnisher/deburring tool. I have a similar tool, with a removable tri-square blade in a metal no-roll handle, that I use for deburring, burnishing and scraping. It's one of my favorite hand tools. Posted shortly after dud's on the same thread, here.
 
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Scraper or 3 corner scraper good for deburring or scraping etc I have a couple of bought ones and use a triangular file to make them , as long as you only take of the tenth of that hold the edge quite well
 

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Orangina

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Hello everyone,

I have something similar a HAZET 821-1 - 10" model from the past (1970s/80s) with a blue painted wooden handle
as triangular hollow scraper used e.g. for cleaning bearings or deburring holes and tubes.
Still useful - but very sharp and pointy, not for children's hands.

HAZET-821-1.JPG

regards
 
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