MWTCA April 2018 'What's It' Project

[John Morris]

Grand Prize

We are proud to offer a Woodriver No. 63 Low Angle Jack Plane to this months "What's It" winner. This months "What's It" is sponsored by our supporter Woodcraft Supply.

 

Originally advertised as a plane for heavy stock removal across the grain, the No. 62 has found a home as a smoother and is quite popular among collectors. The WoodRiver® No. 62 is faithful to the original design, but is almost a full pound heavier at approximately 4.6 lbs. It features a body cast from ductile iron, with a bed angle of 12°, a bubinga tote and front knob, and a high-carbon steel blade with a 25° bevel. The plane measures a little less than 14" in length x 2-7/16" in width and has a 2"-wide blade. (Value $205.00)

 

"What's It" Basic Rules Reminder (For a full run down on this project and rules please go to: "The Patriot Woodworker and MWTCA "What's It" project") Only Patriot Woodworker Members are eligible to participate and receive the award. The MWTCA only accepts a verified source to support your answer, so one should be submitted with your answer, such as a patent, catalog entry, tool book reference, or a respectable website on the subject. Do not let these requirements prevent you from having fun and submitting educated answers on the subject without verification, we can worry about references later. All answers are welcome, as well as healthy debates regarding "What's It". If a verified and referenced answer is not arrived at by the end of each month's "What's It" project, a random draw will be performed for a "One Year MWTCA Club Membership". Only Patriot Woodworker's who participate in this "What's It" topic will be included in the random draw.

 

Ok ladies and gentlemen, we now have our April "What's it" live and ready!

The image(s) below is a MWTCA "What's It" image for you to research, and tell us all here in this topic post, just what the heck is it!

 

Project details

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Remember, "What's It" is not always woodworking related!

 

[DRAGON1]

leather knife. furriers knife

[Jay]

I see that being a tool for old hand buit boats. To press in and remove the tar laden cord between the boards maiting surfaces

[Dadio]

Good guess Jay. Wicked looking tool. I sure could have used  one on occasion  for various chores.

 

Herb

[Grandpadave52]

Up close Frog gigger

[Gerald]

Hunting spear on a short handle or close combat weapon

[Gene Howe]

Card scraper before they got the ergonomics figured out.

[steamshovel]

Linoleum  cutting  knife, going and coming.

 

Preston

[Stick486]

large animal tendon harvesting knife...

[Chips N Dust]

Re-purposed Harpoon tip 

[Stick486]

9 minutes ago, Chips N Dust said:

Re-purposed Harpoon tip 

 

that too w/ a gut hook...

[Smallpatch]

Early times close combat fish hook..  They were for when the fish use to fall out of the sky. In the early days in the mountains even before the stone age which by the way was before any lakes were invented, fish had to have fallen out of the sky. A really good fisher person could hook a fish even before it hit the ground...This is when the points system was invented. 2 points if caught before it hit the ground and 1 point if it bounced once and no points for picking them up off the ground.. And since water had not formed yet, the no point getter had very sandie tasting food until the raining fish came again

  This was back even before trees were invented so the handle must have been added thousands of years later.

[Smallpatch]

So my friends when they do finally find the ARK I will guarantee it will have been built out of fiber glass. Very simple conclusion since water and trees had not been invented yet...

Edited April 3, 2018 by Smallpatch

[HARO50]

I believe Cap'n Ahab used that for hand-to-hand combat.

John

[HandyDan]

They were to be sold in pairs and used in ice skating competitions for hand stand ice skating but they never caught on.  Ice crystals blew is the skaters eyes causing injuries when the ran into the walls.

[HandyDan]

Here is a chip carving knife with similar attributes.

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/548044601/wood-carving-knife-geometric-carving?ref=sold_out-19

 

Edited April 3, 2018 by HandyDan

[p_toad]

Very similar to this saddlers leather work knife that was listed on eBay

 

 

At first I thought it was a flensing knife.   See also from Blomfield Knives in Australia:

Edited April 3, 2018 by p_toad

[John Morris]

54 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

Here is a chip carving knife with similar attributes.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/548044601/wood-carving-knife-geometric-carving?ref=sold_out-19

The most compelling answer yet, now we have to go the extra mile, contact a seasoned chip carver, and get their opinion, or several chip carvers to get a general consensus, and/or a website of collectible chip carving tools etc etc. Verifiable references win the grand prize!

[Jay]

I think i may have figured this out. To small for boat calking. I think this appears to be a 18th or 19th century skinning knife to effectively clean and butcher a carcass as well as maintain hides for use, trade or sale

[John Morris]

2 minutes ago, Jay said:

I think i may have figured this out. To small for boat calking. I think this appears to be a 18th or 19th century skinning knife to effectively clean and butcher a carcass as well as maintain hides for use, trade or sale

Verifiable reference Jay! Let's see what you got man! A beautiful Woodriver hand plane has your name all over it.