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09-17-2017, 09:30 PM
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What Is This Tool?
My brother has a habit of picking up very neat stuff at garage sales in Calgary. He recently gave me a box of stuff that he picked up, mainly for the old fishing lines and lures included. The box also had ice fishing stuff, hunting stuff and some woodworking tools. I know what everything is, except the item pictured here.
It is about 4 inches long, and about 1 inch in diameter. It consists of a wooden handle (looks to be maple) with a loose 1/4 inch diameter carbon steel rod wrapped in a thin carbon steel sheet metal holder. It reminds me of a skate sharpener for hollow grinding skates, except the one I had was a plastic holder with a grindstone rod fixed in it. I've asked around, and no one seems to know.
Any Ideas?
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09-17-2017, 09:55 PM
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Not so sure. You could post a picture on Google Goggles and they will tell you.
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09-17-2017, 10:16 PM
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1st impression is maybe for waxing fly line? That looks like wax to me inside on the second picture.
Heres another place to look...
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/
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09-17-2017, 10:19 PM
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My guess .... you put emery or sand paper in the slot, the pin holds it in place and if it has a handle it can be used for curves, 1/2 round or radius sanding.
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09-17-2017, 10:32 PM
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It's a fishing hook remover. I have several.
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09-18-2017, 05:30 AM
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Hook or arrow sharpener ??? Just to keep the edge or finishing.
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09-18-2017, 04:52 PM
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The center piece is a 1/4" carbon steel rod, not wax.
I thought of sharpening, but it is a smooth carbon steel rod, not a grindstone or file. Even at that, it would tend to file things flat, not sharp.
Nederlager, I'm intrigued that you think it is a fishing hook remover; how does it work?
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09-18-2017, 05:02 PM
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I think it might be a burnishing tool for a furniture scraper.
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09-18-2017, 09:18 PM
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A high-falootin' cigarette tube roller ! 
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09-18-2017, 09:34 PM
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A weight for a tarp or something
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09-18-2017, 10:03 PM
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Or a float for a net?
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09-18-2017, 11:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nederlager
It's a fishing hook remover. I have several.
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Okay, since you seem to know exactly what it is and you have a few, how does it work and why the complicated construction. Really interested to understand. Thanks.
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09-19-2017, 06:10 AM
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A handle for a scrapper you use to remove slight blemishes in furniture making. That's all I can think of, I've never seen one before but the picture looks like it would go a long way instead of holding the scrapper just in your hand.
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09-19-2017, 06:24 AM
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Joint roller?
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09-19-2017, 07:41 AM
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Years ago my father used a similar looking device to hand sharpen my skates?
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09-19-2017, 08:05 AM
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Quote:
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Years ago my father used a similar looking device to hand sharpen my skates?
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This ^^^^
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09-25-2017, 01:55 AM
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Quote:
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Joint roller?
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09-25-2017, 01:55 AM
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Quote:
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This ^^^^
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yup !!!
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