Odd and unique shop tools

[gixxer]

That's what I was about to say before I got to the bottom of the thread! use em for etching, to include electro etching. One guy does it, dont remember who. I use em for cold blue also.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Alright - here y'a go!
(notice there is a "leg" sticking out of the bottom.)

 

[Salem Straub]

Looks like a knife vise/board for draw filing/handrubbing but darned if I know why the emphasis on the "leg."

 

[Burton Harruff]

Hand sanding jig?

 

[JasonSCarter]

no clue dude, looks like a hand sand jig to me too.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Nuthin' close, yet.

 

[hellgap]

Q tips could be useful but i prefer tooth pics and a side of cotton balls way more uses. kellyw

 

[aggopian]

could it be for convexing?

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Give you guys some help - it has nothing to do with grinding or sanding.

 

[Robert Dark]

Applying Preparation H. HEHEHEHEHE!!!!

I have heard Prep-H is supposed to make a**holes shrink. Whatever you do I.G., don't fill the tub with that stuff and soak in it. You would become an instant midget.

We still love you anyway, you old geezer.

Robert

 

[TekSec]

For straightening scales, Karl?

 

[69_knives]

Give you guys some help - it has nothing to do with grinding or sanding.

You clamp your blade in it so you can finish the handle?

 

[Byork]

Alright - here y'a go!
(notice there is a "leg" sticking out of the bottom.)

I think I'd find that useful for drilling handle scales for tapered tangs. The leg would clamp into a drill press vice nicely. Keep your jig from turning into a fan blade.

Walter

 

[Phil Dwyer]

I have heard Prep-H is supposed to make a**holes shrink. Whatever you do I.G., don't fill the tub with that stuff and soak in it. You would become an instant midget.

We still love you anyway, you old geezer.

Robert

He takes those baths from time to time just for a twist on the kinky sex stuff he likes to get into. When he's done he pops some viagra with an ex-lax chaser and stretches right back to his "normal" size. He's been known to take viagra when he goes to sleep after a long nights drinking too...keeps him from falling out of bed!

 

[Beile]

It looks like my first knife.

 

[bjalongi]

The leg fits in the vice, holding the fixture horizontally. Then, well, let me think about what you do with the darn thing.

Hmm....

The stains indicate solvent of some sort has come in contact with the leather. Is it for clamping an acetone soaked sheath with the blade inside, so you can get a tight formed fit under the guard?

I have a good one to post, if I got it...

I feel really confident!

 

[James_Terrio]

Dang it, I have a great "tool" I wanna post but I can't until someone figures out that weird jig thingy...

No, IG, it's not "THAT" kind of tool, you sicko

 

[scottickes]

You clamp it horizontally in the vice with the two socket head cap screws pointing up. Then you put a blade in it with the guard pressed down to the ricasso. Then you begin tightening the cap screws down onto the guard, squeezing it together until any gaps between the gaurd and the ricasso are completely removed. The leather protects both the knife finish and the guard finish from being marred, as it would be if you were to just put it into a vice and squeeze it together.

p.s.
I hope I'm wrong, so that I don't have to search my shop for another odd and unique tool. I might pass it on to someone else, if I get it right.

 

[NickWheeler]

Looks like it could be a fixture for holding a blade by the ricasso so you can drill through the handle/tang for a pin. The leg would go in the drill press vise.

 

[Keith_H]

Maybe for holding it down so that you can stamp it?