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Originally Posted by pwd72s

I'm a luddite...no digital camera other than an old point & shoot that the battery died on. Anyway, very ornate fitting, cast iron, painted balck, sort of pyramid shaped with 5 splines down the pyramid. Bolt head showing in the hole at it's top...located at the bottom of the handles of an old draw knife...

Have an old wooden chest with a batch of old woodworking tools in my storage shed. Probably will get tossed when I croak. Wish you were my neighbor, I'd give 'em to you. Hopefully, I'll bump into someone who likes that old stuff.

I've reached that getting rid of stuff stage of life. One of Cindy's rehab guys happened to be into Porsches. Has a Boxster...I gave him my PCA "Upfixin" book set a few weeks ago.

Interesting!

And what you're describing is in the purple rectangle? That sounds really neat and unusual. I've only ever seen washers or caps that have a tang peened over.



Or are you talking about the area in the red circle which is only on folding handle draw knives so less common.

It's too bad you don't know someone local that would take the tools. The only tools are very cool, and slowly disappearing because lots of folks don't appreciate them any more.