Had one like it years ago. That and a clamp on tow bar meant you could bring 2 auction cars back to the shop at a time....
These day's you take a hauler or hope the run.
What is it? Set 491
May 02, 2013
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I'll ask the owner if the two probes are hooked up to anyth
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Rob
2860 - A Cheese Curd Paddle ?
Crazy Ed
The short handle suggests an entrenching tool. The blade looks about 3" wide, which would be good for chopping into tough soil. The long blade would make it good for shaping a trench or foxhole. The best technique may have been to use another implement to throw the soil out of the hole.
2860 After a little memory exercise... This looks like a peat spade / peat cutter / peat shovel. The keys to memory are that it is heavy and sharp on the end.
I believe 2860 is a slick. Probably for shipbuilding, as the "T" handle would let you apply more force to cut trunnels flush.
Kevin Gallimore
It seems that if it was for digging into the ground it would have had horizontal shoulders on the blade for pushing with your foot.
I think it looks like a chisel, for cleaning up framing lumber... post and beam type... Like a slick... A slick is used by using your weight... This looks large, but could also be used for cleaning up lumber for a log home... or the notches.
Just read your post. I agree.. it's a slick.
I believe it is a slick as you say. I was barking up the wrong tree.
If it had been an entrenching tool, it would not have been used like a spade. For one thing, the handle is only 14". The US Model 1880 entrenching tool is somewhat similar, but it's pointed and the handle is only 7".
I think that slick is probably correct, the Dictionary of American Hand Tools shows it as a clapboard slick, they also list a carpenters' slick but it looks a little different. Thanks
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