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10-06-2018, 12:42 PM | #1 |
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Heavy duty screwdriver
Most of you guys probably have one of these in you tool collection.
Tried a search with no results. Does anyone know the heritage of this design ??? |
10-06-2018, 12:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: Heavy duty screwdriver
Think it was originally developed as a can opener for use by US troops in WWI
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10-06-2018, 01:44 PM | #3 |
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They are produced today and about the only screwdriver for use with a hammer.
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10-06-2018, 02:18 PM | #4 |
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Re: Heavy duty screwdriver
As I recall some were designed and built in Germany by a few different companies.
Had a hammer of the same design and vintage (forged with handles applied)
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10-06-2018, 07:06 PM | #8 |
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Re: Heavy duty screwdriver
Thanks for the name,looked them up on Alloy Artifacts.
http://alloy-artifacts.org/hd-smith-...y.html#history Turns out I have their monkey wrench. Anyone who has ever used one knows why they are named "Perfect Handle". |
10-06-2018, 07:20 PM | #9 |
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Re: Heavy duty screwdriver
Odd, I have come across a few of these in my travels, and when I picked them up, they didn't fit my hand well, so I have ignored them since. Besides, my dad would probably come back from the dead and kick my ass if I used a hammer on any screwdriver. "That's what chisels are for".
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10-06-2018, 07:42 PM | #10 |
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My dad had one in his "collection" of tools which was pretty sparse indeed. I can't remember the last time I saw it or where it ended up.
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10-06-2018, 09:52 PM | #11 |
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Re: Heavy duty screwdriver
I have one that I like to use for removing axle housing seals. I got this while helping a friend clean out an old machinists work shop after he had passed away. This has to be more than 100 years old. I use it for many different things, but not usually as a screwdriver.
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10-07-2018, 09:43 AM | #12 |
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Re: Heavy duty screwdriver
i bought a set of three about 40 yrs. ago (new) from a speciality catalog (brookstone?) they were called hundred year screwdrivers and work will for beating on. Mark
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10-07-2018, 10:33 AM | #13 |
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10-07-2018, 10:49 AM | #14 |
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Re: Heavy duty screwdriver
I have one of those as well, use it for adjusting dovetails on doors. Love the aged wood handles, especially in this day and age of plastic.
I almost had a second one, a kid at work had one, and I was going to ask to buy it from him. I was disheartened when I found that he had ground a deep notch in the blade for doing brake springs! |
10-07-2018, 11:24 AM | #15 |
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I still have the long large one the gov issued in 54,it has a bent shank from using it to pry & the strap on the end is a bit flattened from beating on it. I sure wish I would have taken better care of it. I would like to find the smaller version one.
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10-07-2018, 11:29 AM | #16 |
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Re: Heavy duty screwdriver
I had a lot of them at one time. My dad was a pack-rat and had lots of everything! They were all sold in garage sales when my parents sold their house. I see them around at sales often.
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10-07-2018, 12:39 PM | #17 |
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Re: Heavy duty screwdriver
Yes They Were of German Origin. Sollingen I believe was the first of that type
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10-07-2018, 12:58 PM | #18 |
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Solingen steel also makes the best knives, I have a few. So those screwdrivers were well made.
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10-08-2018, 06:20 AM | #19 |
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The second one from the top appears like my two and both are marked "Irwin-USA" on the shank.
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10-08-2018, 03:00 PM | #20 |
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The one on the bottom of the top photo looks like the one in the patent application.
I have seen them before, but I don't have any. This may prompt me to look for one. Not the same, but I have a draw knife that my father had. It is quite ancient. My great grandfather was a wagon maker and I wonder whether it came from his tool set? I should look at the inventory from his estate and see what is there? It would probably just say: wagonmakers tools. |
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