March 15, 20241 yr "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. Additional What's It Rules Unless you are completely sure what this item is, please avoid "definitive statements" that appear that you are without a doubt claiming that you know what the item is. For example stating, "this item is called a "widget xx" used for "insert purpose here". If you are making a definitive statement you must accompany your statement with evidence or proof from a secondary source. An example of acceptable statements within the realm of having fun and educated guesses would be something like this, "I believe it could be", or "It appears it's made for this or that", etc etc etc... Ok ladies and gentlemen, we now have our "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 The information provided hereon is all the information that is provided, no further information on this item will be added. Looks like a hammer, but it is not. The blade on one side of the head is sharp and the other is blunted with a square face about 1/8" wide.
March 17, 20241 yr Popular Post On 3/15/2024 at 10:31 AM, Grandpadave52 said: Probably has something to do with making donuts. You slide the donuts down the handle and there's a hook on the end of the handle. This is how we got the phrase "Let's hammer some donuts"
March 19, 20241 yr it appears to be a "drove"...used for finishing bricks with a smooth surface (instead of a scutch with teeth) "A drove is a type of cutting edge for either a scutch hammer or scutch chisel. It is similar to a scutch comb, however it has no teeth but rather two sharpened cutting edges."
March 20, 20241 yr Others have said it,..but I'm going with an axe related to the ice industry of yesteryear. Just A guess. I have something around here that I refinished several years back that someone said was an ice axe,...but it is very similar to the one posted above...I dunno. Edited March 20, 20241 yr by aaronc
March 21, 20241 yr Popular Post Ok fellas,..grabbed a pic of my whatchamacallit axe while ago. The seller said it was an ice axe...beats me. I picked it up because I like axes and never need much of a reason to buy one if I'm in the right mood....and I also like to refinish the handles if I can find curly hickory...or in this case I think it is ash. I enjoy finding them in "barn find" condition and seeing how they turn out.....but back to the axe type. If some of you know it to be something else feel free to educate me. It doesn't matter to me what it is...I had my fun with it and it decorates my shop Pardon the shine,..I had some LED's put in about 6 months ago...wow....didn't know I was such a polisher
April 5, 20241 yr Author Winner @p_toad is the winner of this months What's It. After looking at the suggestions and the order in which they were presented, it looks like Peter came up with what appears to be the closest answer to this mystery tool. l did a little hunting and pecking myself using the suggestion Peter gave, and I came up with a Bricklayers Clear Cut Skutch Hammer. Source link here Award Peter, for your best answer you have won a 2024 Calendar Year membership into the MWTCA. Please Private Message me your contact info, shipping address, spouse or significant others name (if applicable). Thank you all for your participation! Links https://mwtca.org/member-benefits/ https://mwtca.org/the-gristmill/ https://mwtca.org/special-publications/ Gristmill Magazine Sample
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