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Thread: Estate sale find - what is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Allan Ferguson View Post
    I spent 27 years in the meat packing trade. Many sharping steel are sold smooth the roughed slightly length wise with emery cloth. Allan
    Yup. Most of the sharpening steels I've seen are almost smooth. The grooves are almost imperceptible.

    This looks to me to be a portable sharpening steel...
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    The one I have is size specific only one size fits. Somewhat like a collet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Jenkins View Post
    Sounds like the rod is for turning the edge on a card acraper.
    I agree, I just ordered one very similar in appearance to that one.
    Lee Schierer
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Day View Post
    I found this at an estate sale yesterday, and was intrigued because it looked pretty cool. I just have no idea what it is! For $2 I thought it was worth it just to find out. My first thought was some kind of honing device, but the rod is smooth.
    It would be great if there were some dimensions for the size of the handle (I imagine maybe 4 inches long) and the diameter of the pin (I imagine about 1/8") and a end view picture of the tool without the pin so we could see if it has the typical pin vise details or not

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    Ask and you shall receive Pat. Your estimates were pretty close. rod is just about 1/8", and not the back of it which keeps it from falling out.

    Lee - where did you order yours from?
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