John, those are horrible pictures.  It makes it look like it has two
parallel arms with the shadows (unless it really has two parallel arms,
then they are OK pics). But your contrast is low, no 3d view, really hard
to visualize what it is.


But seriously now.

Here is a great place to start, poke around his vintage tools for sale.
I’ve nailed down one or two of mine that way.

https://brucejohnsonleather.com/

He is sort of active in a certain FB group, so I can post it there later if
you strike out.

I don’t recall ever seeing it in a catalog, but there are lots of obscure
ones here that I have not been thru yet.  You can probably skip Osborne,
and look back pre 1945 or so, in my guess.

https://archive.org/details/internationaltoolcataloglibrary?query=Leather&sort=-
date

Kirk in Half Moon Bay, planning an auction pick up tomorrow. But nothing we
talk about here, I didn’t win those.


On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 6:27 PM John Ruth  wrote:

> GG's
>
> Just created a Flickr album showing a front and side view of a mystery (
> presumably ) leatherworking tool.
>
> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjA2vxJ
>
> The business end looks like it would cut a narrow square-sided groove.
>
> The purpose of the offsets, and the adjustable brass parts, is a total
> mystery.
>
-- 
Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors. Kirk


-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA