MAW Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 With the busy trophy season now behind us we are starting to do some admin and also tidy the workshop up. In a seldom used cupboard, more precisely on top of it, I discovered this "thing", probably used by my predecessor way back when. Obviously, some type of guillotine but it has a weird stepped blade (or is it just broken) or where there once other parts to it? Its construction is cast iron and the makers name on the handle can no longer be read. Answers on a post card please, would be interested to know more of its use/history. Wishing you a good weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 @petercoulson @keithm @elfman Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x minit uk Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Leather splitter ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Doesn't look leather related to me, wrong type of blade for splitting looks more trophy related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 It's quite obviously a toe nail clipper. Circa 1940. kobblers and Mike at Vauxhall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Flash said: It's quite obviously a toe nail clipper. Circa 1940. When men were men. kobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Maybe it's for cutting lengths of chain? The blade looks a little like the tool they use in b&q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinh Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 It's for splitting the difference. Mike at Vauxhall and kobblers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perplexus Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 It’s a lead cutter. In the days when printing type was set up by hand, spaces between paragraphs were made by inserting a thin strip of lead between the lines of type. These strips had to be cut to the same length as the line of type, and that’s what this cutter was used for. The stepped blade is for accommodating thicker strips of lead. kobblers, Count Muppet and hakeemz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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