Somewhere I obtained this tool, and since one of the cars in the shop is a '30 Plymouth that has a full wooden inner structure, I have found it extremely useful for separating glue joints - it's .085 thick at the back and tapers down to a thin edge, metal is hard as can be, a file barely touches it. It has some remnant lettering on the handle - ? Orange Products. Blade is 8" long - I doubt it's a panel knife, but does anybody know what it really is? I don't think it's a Henway.
You're right. A henway weighs a little more than 4 pounds. This looks closer 4 maybe 5 ounces [emoji12] Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Zooming past the "hey.....who cut the cheese" jokes - I figured that it was possibly some cutlery related thing- I'd buy another one if I could find the exact thing. Been hammering away at the back edge now for about an hour - not much marking at all. Cut through the ***ebond III glue joint (about 3" wide and 3' long) on the main longeron (don't know what else to call it) that I made, glues been set up for a couple months.
When I was younger (much), I worked in a Wards catalog house, the stockmen had very similar knives for opening boxes. Same wood handle; but I don't remember the back edge as being that thick.
I saw some professional caulkers' tools that looked similar, they came in different blade widths depending on the joint they wanted to make. Used on big government stone buildings, Treasury Building that kind of thing, where you can have some generous gaps to fill with packing. I remember them having a rounded nose but there were probably all types like for wooden ships etc.
What you have there is an insulation knife... Probably made by Hyde Tools... https://www.grainger.com/product/38...2125!&ef_id=WXfk1gAAAaQJTkRE:20170726014818:s
the wood chisel was just in there to pry a little - the main tool I was asking about was in the first pic. Like I said, it's only .085 thick.
That Hyde 50450 Industrial Hand Knife looks like the same tool, but everybody uses the same picture and I can't tell if the blade is the same (blade tapers down to edge on the long axis. As cheap as they are I'll just order one.
Years ago when I worked in retreading truck tires, we used similar knifes for cutting rubber. Went as far as a box that would hold several knifes of different shapes and heated them while not in use, when you grabbed it from the holder the blade was nice and hot and melted right through the raw rubber. here is a photo from myers tire supply, but was a million different shapes and sizes to choose from.
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