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(01-12-2018, 09:24 PM)MarkSingleton Wrote: The "hooked" knife is for cutting/scoring drywall.

We call it a shingle knife.
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The Revos apparently are designed to clamp railroad ties and pull together horrifically prepared joints
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#21
As kids we had the bone handled 'hunting' knife; mid to late 50s.  A Case? The tang went clear through and eventually broke free so all the junk in the handle spun freely. Looks like a previous owner maybe fixed his too. That bone made the worst grip. I took it to a grinder. After I thought the thing was long gone, a brother shipped it to me a few years ago. I use it to split kindling.

I was going to call the hooked knife one we used for shingling. But the roofing knife was some smaller and had a 'dull hammerhead' to avoid cutting roofing underneath. That guy above scored the material, bend, and snap free.
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#22
(01-12-2018, 09:15 PM)Bill_Houghton Wrote: I kinda get the impression that you were a sailor or ground soldier or, even worse, a Marine; but I suspect most flyboys and flygals would consider themselves to have been "in the military."
Nice acquisitions.

Yeah, I was army, and we never miss a chance to take a shot at the air force. But I was talking to his daughter tonight after we cleaned everything out. He flew P-51s in close support in the Korean War, which makes him a. a genuine bad butt, and b. a genuine bad butt who might have flown CAS for my dad, also a genuine bad butt ground pounder in Korea. So it was all in good fun; the guy I got these tools from is the real deal, and I have nothing but respect for him.
If you're gonna be one, be a Big Red One.
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#23
Thanks, everybody who identified some of these tools.

Still gonna call those little things tweezers, though. Or maybe roach clips, now that we have legal marijuana here in sin city.
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I'll probably post some follow up pictures of individual tools that I don't know the correct use for. I'm certain some of you will be able to set me straight.

It has been kind of overwhelming looking at this stash of tools. I probably just bought myself 100 hours or so of reorganizing my shop, which I only just got organized the way I liked it back in the spring. Sigh, first world problems are still problems.
If you're gonna be one, be a Big Red One.
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(01-12-2018, 09:28 PM)gjohn Wrote: The hooked one is a linoleum knife.

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BINGO !!!!!!!! That is exactly what it is for...we used linoleum floor covering in the "olden days".......mostly used in kitchen and bath areas.
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#25
(01-12-2018, 11:48 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: We call it a shingle knife.
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https://www.rmurphyknives.com/store/ligh...tails.html
Steve

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The Revos apparently are designed to clamp railroad ties and pull together horrifically prepared joints
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#26
(01-15-2018, 01:07 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: https://www.rmurphyknives.com/store/ligh...tails.html

In my younger days I used them for roofing, cutting tar paper and asphalt shingles, before I stopped going up on roofs!  Musta had 3 or 4 of them, likely still do somewhere....
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(01-15-2018, 01:42 PM)Admiral Wrote: In my younger days I used them for roofing, cutting tar paper and asphalt shingles, before I stopped going up on roofs!  Musta had 3 or 4 of them, likely still do somewhere....

Yea I don't do roofs anymore either.
Laugh  I found one of mine yesterday.
Steve

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#28
Matt,  I think your idea to build a thank you gift is excellent.  Since you mentioned  that this gentleman is completing his earthly tour of duty and have praised his military service, perhaps you could build a flag case.  Maybe that's too morbid.  I tried to think of something he would appreciate as a woodworker with no interest in accumulating possessions, rather a plan to find places for things he leaves behind.  By the way - great hack saw.
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