How old is it

[bartshop62]

I just cleaned this file tool with vinegar and rust converter found this file tool next to black Smith shop I found a dump of iron right next to the blacksmith shop found this file tool in the pile dump is it blacksmith shop related for horses? Or for another tool it says on one side DISSTON HKT USA its about 10 inches. whats the estimate age on this file tool? Can anyone find the same one in google same makers mark?

 

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[Tony in SC]

It is a metal file, of coarse it would be blacksmith related! Diston was a tool co. that made saws , files and other metal working tools. The file was probably dull and tossed in the metal pile. A blacksmith does not have a scrap pile, it is all saved for later use. I would put that file early 1900.

 

[bartshop62]

It is a metal file, of coarse it would be blacksmith related! Diston was a tool co. that made saws , files and other metal working tools. The file was probably dull and tossed in the metal pile. A blacksmith does not have a scrap pile, it is all saved for later use. I would put that file early 1900.

Nobody ownes the blacksmith shop or farm there dead its like its abandoned.

 

[Tony in SC]

Somebody owns it!! You can usually go on your county web site under real estate or real properties and find who owns it.

 

[Rmeav8r]

I still use some just like that! Hard to date, their still sold practically identical. Could have been used to sharpen an ax, that might be why is out in the sticks.

 

[Red-Coat]

I think closer examination will reveal that what you perceive as ‘HKT’ is actually ‘HKP’, which stands for H.K. Porter.

The Disston family sold their business to H.K. Porter Inc. in 1955, but the Disston brand name was retained alongside the initials for Porter until the company was bought by Sandvick in the 1970s

 

[Duckshot]

Red-Coat is right on. Looks like the remains of a single cut ******* file which may have been intended for jointing handsaws but could also be used to start an edge on an ax or hatchet as DFXScout suggests.

Edited to add- ******* denotes "illigitimate child"

 

[pa plateau hiker]

Red-Coat is right on. Looks like the remains of a single cut ******* file which may have been intended for jointing handsaws but could also be used to start an edge on an ax or hatchet as DFXScout suggests.

Edited to add- ******* denotes "illigitimate child"

Years ago when I was in high school metal shop, we had to learn the names of different files. ******* was one of the files we had to know.

 

[xr7ator]

B-A-S-T-A-R-D

*******

 

[ArfieBoy]

B-A-S-T-A-R-D

*******

Yep! "B-a-s-t-a-r-d" is the file type name!

 

[Tony in SC]

By the way, those old files make very good knife blades!!