tdriack Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Good Day! I found this yesterday at an antique shop - so of course I had to have it. It's stamped "PAT D Jan 25 98". Can anyone help me identify it and it's intended use? I'll probably use it for forming something down the road, but I'll have to figure out a way to hold it (probably in my post vise). Either way, it was very cheap and I'm not one to pass up a bargain -lol. Thanks in advance for any help in identification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 What size is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdriack Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Ha - yeah that would have been helpful to give - sorry. It's 5" long tip to tip, 3 1/2" wide, and about 1 1/2" thick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Have you checked the patents by date for it? Found it! "Implement for forming ends for eaves troughs" a tinsmithing tool US Patent 597924 http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?pn=597924&id=48944 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I was thinking tin smithing tool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdriack Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Oh wow - thanks Thomas! I was struggling on another patent website - trying to filter through 24,000 hits - lol. Well - now I can make eave troughs - ha! It'll be a useful for some project I haven't discovered yet. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I searched Patents issued January 25 1898 clicked on the first hit which gave me 13 patents and what type (4 were for wrenches) and 1 was tinsmith and that was the one, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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