some bits he was clearing out of his place and taking to the tip. He is
living in a bungalow that used to belong to his wife's grandfather and
he was a machinist apparently. I'm curious about one set of items and
wonder if anyone knows what they are. I've placed a picture here
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. The lower group in thepicture I vaguely think I've seen before and may be taper pin reamers
but I've not seen them like this as they're square or pentagonal and
came in a tube labelled "broaches", the upper two items have a very fine
file on one end and the other end is ground flat on all sides except for
a very small section of file teeth on one corner near the handle, each
end has a nice protective screw on cap as shown and I was wondering if
these had a specific use or just how this chap kept these tools.
Looking forward to any insights.