Name that tool

The very first “leatherman” like multi-tool!!!

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I’m guessing its not blacksmith stuff.

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part screwdriver, part “yankee drill” ?

Saw looks like it needs a sharpening, though…

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Randy and Don you two are regular clowns. Don’t change.
Bandit they all need sharpening.

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They were called “tool handles” and they would contain anything from 6-12 bits in the handle. There should be marking along the steel collar, if not it was a decal on the wood. They can be fairly collectible if they have all the bits with them.

Don’t know who made it. I’m guessing he’s dead, though.
I think that set was free when you signed up for the 1900 version of the Handyman Club.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

I’m with Don- doesn’t look like blacksmith stuff at all. You got ripped off!

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Deycart thank you. The collars are a bit scratched up. I will take a real close look and see. There are no stickers on the handles.
Thanks for your help.

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Now Gene and Stumpy are at it. I love you guys.

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Looks like an old set of carving tools…..... or maybe a few o them thingee-ma-giggies

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Look for a C.S. Osborne mark.
circa 1900-1930

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Hey Roger. How is the hand?
More info Thanks ksSlim

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Hi Dave, my Dad used to have a version of this tool, but his contained a slightly smaller assortment of bits. I remember him telling me that it was a “Shoemaker’s Awl”, and he used it to repair our shoes when I was small (last century). He used this mostly for sole repairs/replacements. The fine bits were used to make the holes for the waxed thread to be pulled through with a needle, and the larger ones that are more like a chisel tip were for cutting a groove (between the “needle” holes) to recess and protect the thread on the underside of the sole. The saw blade was to cut the thick leather for a replacement sole to match the size of the original.
The chisel tips were also used on leather items to cut the lacing holes when using various sizes of leather lace for attaching the pieces, such as the cuffs of leather gauntlets, or in saddle repairs.
Nice find. Congratulations.

-- John, British Columbia, Canada

Hand is ok. Healin up nicely. Got about a dime size hunk-a-hunk-a skin with about 1/16” gash about 1/4” long on the side o my ring finger. Coulda been a lot worse….. Just a reminder to us all. Thnx Who’s closest to the answer?? Do we win a new car?? new bike? new??

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