Unusual tool

[Chainbreaker]

A couple of years ago someone sent me this photo of a tool they were looking to identify, I've shown it to a number of tool collectors but no one has had an answer. Anyone here recognize it?

There is a patent date on it but it's badly pitted and impossible to read.

 

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I just found the patent for this tool, it's a bottle stopper remover, as seen here:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=Wq...ook_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw

The Aug 16 date was actually the filing date, not the issue date, I've seen other tools where this mistake has been made. Concerning the original tool with the handle that I posted, looks like someone modified the business end and stuck a handle on it for some reason. The black and white image that I posted resembles the patent drawings, the ends are a close match but the middle has been redesigned. The patent says that the large end was covered with a rubber bushing, I guess it was used as a temporary bottle stopper. This one has been haunting me for well over a year, glad to finally have an answer for it!

 

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Here is a photo of the other similar tool, it must have had a different kind of handle or maybe none at all:

That tool is very similar. What is it? One end may be inside the handle and/or it may be interchangable or broken.

We could use more pics from different angles. Is there a hole in the end?

There is no hole in the end, it's a solid piece. I don't own the tool or I would have posted more photos.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I just found the patent for this tool, it's a bottle stopper remover, as seen here:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=Wq...ook_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw

The Aug 16 date was actually the filing date, not the issue date, I've seen other tools where this mistake has been made. Concerning the original tool with the handle that I posted, looks like someone modified the business end and stuck a handle on it for some reason. The black and white image that I posted resembles the patent drawings, the ends are a close match but the middle has been modified. The patent says that the large end was covered with a rubber bushing, I guess it was used as a temporary bottle stopper. This one has been haunting me for well over a year, glad to finally have an answer for it!

Thats one heck of an ID chainbreaker! Im posting it here for future record and easy viewing..

It appears the cross bar/blade (x---------x) was just a nameplate or a place for a company name.
I wonder why someone put a handle on the business end?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Chainbreaker, dont forget to mark it solved with the green check. Thanks for sharing. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,259097.0.html

 

[Chainbreaker]

I wonder why someone put a handle on the business end?

I've heard of people making a tool or modifying one for the purpose of creating a what's it, just to puzzle anyone who happened to see it.

 

[traderoftreasures]

I wonder why someone put a handle on the business end?

I've heard of people making a tool or modifying one for the purpose of creating a what's it, just to puzzle anyone who happened to see it.

Cause i could tell that handle wasn't 110 years old.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I wonder why someone put a handle on the business end?

I've heard of people making a tool or modifying one for the purpose of creating a what's it, just to puzzle anyone who happened to see it.

Cause i could tell that handle wasn't 110 years old.

How can you tell?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Cause i could tell that handle wasn't 110 years old.

I was just wondering how you can tell because it looks like an old style varnished hardwood handle to me. I agree with the green check, but the handle looks like it could be original, so Im thinking it may have had another purpose.

It not unusual to see a casting later modified by the manufacturer.

 

[traderoftreasures]

I was just guessing, but I have a few item from the late 18's around here and the handles are more square, less fancy, and do not contain varnish, only oil. Handle just appeared to be more from 1930's through 1960's time frame. But like always it's just a guess.