vericone Report post Posted April 18, 2016 Do You know what are those tools, and what they are designed for? They can be broken, the "pliers" probably has one jaw broken off . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Report post Posted April 18, 2016 Not sure about the pliers, but the knife is a well used rand or welt knife. Art Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vericone Report post Posted April 18, 2016 Thanks Art for Your reply. As I know now how the knife should look like I will be able to put it in working condition. Those pliers should be used for shoe making, as the rest of tools I've bought are definitely a shoemaker's tools, but I'm not 100% positive about that. Person who was selling them knew only that it was her grandfather's tools, and that he was a shoemaker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Dogg Report post Posted April 19, 2016 Vericone, the pliers are not really pliers; they are a saw set. This is used to slightly bend the teeth of a hand saw after sharpening. They are bent outward on alternating sides of the saw to cut a tiny bit wider slot (called a "kerf") than the blade's thickness. That keeps the blade from getting stuck in the cut. I own a full set of saw sharpening tools and one of these is in there. You can still buy them new: http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/Saw-Set-Regular/productinfo/580-6510/ It takes a bit of practice to sharpen a saw by hand, but there is NO comparison to the store bought or machine sharpened ones. Black Dogg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vericone Report post Posted April 19, 2016 Thank You Black Dog, there is no way I would figure this one out ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
