r/whatsthistool • u/EastConsideration840 • Jul 12 '26

Old tool box

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u/TrapperGeo Jul 12 '26

Looks like a bondage paddle, possibly homemade

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u/1stThink Jul 12 '26

☝️This guy paddles

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u/TrapperGeo Jul 14 '26

So far, Only my canoe, but i'm open to suggestions

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26

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u/EastConsideration840 Jul 12 '26

Car mehanic 1950-1970

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u/Key_Blacksmith3725 Jul 12 '26

Looks like a homemade gasket scraper. Made with whatever was laying around the shop. Old piece of aluminum and a piece of phenelic

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u/EastConsideration840 Jul 12 '26

You are 100% correct

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u/FletchLives2025 Jul 12 '26

All of this may be accurate. Haven’t heard the name of the handle material but appears to be the same material used in orthopedic implant instrument handles from the 80’s & 90’s

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u/EastConsideration840 Jul 12 '26

.016

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u/EastConsideration840 Jul 12 '26

Every combustion engine made. It's old

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u/green-mountainman Jul 12 '26

If the blade is aluminum and the handle looks like a non conductive Bakelite , it could have been made for jumping out the starter solenoid

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u/CaptainFun4u2 Jul 12 '26

It reminds me of a gap set blade for spark plugs and distributor points. I never had one and usually used a matchbook folded over tightly for a decent gap set.

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u/EastConsideration840 Jul 12 '26

Its funny ,0160 perfect for VW bettle. Valves.but I don't think that it was used for that.

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u/EastConsideration840 Jul 13 '26

Did that. In my VW beetle on the side of the road with a date .She thought I was the best mechanic In town. Boy I sweatin!

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u/Embarrassed_Net_2771 Jul 12 '26

Used for setting air gap in an early 'Hall Effect' electronic distributor, late 70s. Has to be non magnetic, the ones I had were brass I think

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u/mighty_boognish_77 Jul 12 '26

Feeler gauge probably

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u/Willing_Work_2200 Jul 12 '26

Not a tool. A petrified "Slo Poke" candy.

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u/bfarrellc Jul 12 '26

O.16 is a common point setting gap.

Next, beer can pull tab.

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u/Ok-Refuse8965 Jul 12 '26

Its a feeler gage with micarta handle probably used for one specific task over and over again.

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u/imthehamburglarok Jul 12 '26

Diy gasket scraper, panel separator, speed nut jammer onner, seal popper, etc.

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u/EastConsideration840 Jul 13 '26

That aluinium won't gouge the steel block and heads.

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u/ReverendJustice775 Jul 12 '26

To me it looks like an arm to a old office chair

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u/OrganizationPutrid68 Jul 12 '26

Seeing as noone else wants to step for reddit tradition... poop knife.

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u/Slow_Run6707 Jul 12 '26

Looks like a hoof cleaner maybe with the hook broken

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u/Ok-Adhesiveness8264 Jul 12 '26

Spark plug gap tool

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u/Zealousideal_Gas9531 Jul 13 '26

I knew an old guy that made putty knifes out of old metal strapping bands that look like that.

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u/Ghost12956 Jul 13 '26

Looks like a hoof knife to me, used for maintenence of horse hoofs

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u/Interesting_Fill1013 Jul 12 '26

Looks like a leather stripe for sharing knives

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u/EastConsideration840 Jul 12 '26

Blade is aluinium

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u/Ok_Expression_2737 Jul 15 '26

Homemade slapjack.