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- Thread starter Mark Fairchild
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Interesting, I have several old flat bladed screwdrivers that look very similar! I would be surprised if it's a turning tool but hey, what do I know!
Looks like an old fashioned screw driver that someone ground to use as a chisel. Normally they start beating on the handle when they do that. Looks like yours missed that dubious fate (so far anyway)
Brent, that was my first impression. What gave me pause were the hatch marks outside the shield. Looked like the tool was ground from an old file.
Tim, that s what I thought but the fellow said it was with his old turning tools. You probably know as much or more than me on tools made in 1891!
It definitely looks like a screwdriver to me. Back in the day they used to call them Turnscrews. Lots for sale on second hand tool stores and eBay etc.
Thanks gents. That what I told the fellow when he sent me a pic. As his great grandfather was a production turner in the 1800’s he was convinced it was a turning tool. Told him I would ask the experts and the jury is in.
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It may have been. If he used faceplates they were likely attached with slot head screws.
Phillips are a 20 th century inovation
Like Brent said, it has probably been ground to make it into a turning tool.
It is a clock makers screw driver.