What is this tool

[leatherworklee]

Dear Friends.

This knife was part of a E-BAY purchase of leather tools.

Have no idea what is was used for.

The only sharpenend portion of the blade is on the "U" shaped end of the "L" shaped blade.

Blade folds into the handle but creates a triangle shape almost to large to fit into a pocket.

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[barra]

I'm wanting to say it is some sort of racer/groover for gouging a stitching channel. That's my pure guess.

Barra

[jimsaddler]

Dear Friends.

This knife was part of a E-BAY purchase of leather tools.

Have no idea what is was used for.

The only sharpenend portion of the blade is on the "U" shaped end of the "L" shaped blade.

Blade folds into the handle but creates a triangle shape almost to large to fit into a pocket.

Contact leatherworklee@yahoo.com

Sorry this is not a Saddlers tool. I've seen several similar designs for 2 different Jobs. The main one is Horticultural for Bud Grafting, hence the little Spike near the Handle. I saw one similar to this used by an Orange Grower about 50 years ago, but it was nearly worn out from use. The other similar Knife was a Latex Tapping knife I believe was made by Boker for Supervisors in Plantations. If I recall rightly the Catalogue was from the very early 1900's. The Pocket Knife Handle is the same as several other grafting Knives I have owned or seen.

I hope this will help. By the way just because it's not a Saddlers Tool doesn't mean it wasn't used by a Saddler. I would imagine it would have been useful for wide Channeling or similar. Especially as the quality of these Knives was usually very good.

I hope that this will be of some help to you.

Kindest Regards.

Jim Saddler

[arrington]

Sorry this is not a Saddlers tool. I've seen several similar designs for 2 different Jobs. The main one is Horticultural for Bud Grafting, hence the little Spike near the Handle. I saw one similar to this used by an Orange Grower about 50 years ago, but it was nearly worn out from use. The other similar Knife was a Latex Tapping knife I believe was made by Boker for Supervisors in Plantations. If I recall rightly the Catalogue was from the very early 1900's. The Pocket Knife Handle is the same as several other grafting Knives I have owned or seen.

I hope this will help. By the way just because it's not a Saddlers Tool doesn't mean it wasn't used by a Saddler. I would imagine it would have been useful for wide Channeling or similar. Especially as the quality of these Knives was usually very good.

I hope that this will be of some help to you.

Kindest Regards.

Jim Saddler

I've seen similar knives, folding and fixed blades, described as timber scribes. Those were used to mark logs.

[Sharpshooter]

I've seen similar knives, folding and fixed blades, described as timber scribes. Those were used to mark logs.

Timber scribes share that "7" profile but don't have the U shaped end.

Th U shaped cutting edge makes it a "Rase Knife"

While the gouge mark can be used to mark logs or most commonly barrels it was most often used to e"Rase" marks so the barrel could be reused.

Another very common use for Rase knives was to mark the waterline on wooden boats so it could be easily found when the boat is repainted.