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General discussion => Antique Accoutrements => Topic started by: Dietle on February 22, 2021, 07:39:49 PM

Title: hand forged sprue cutter, Somerset County, PA
Post by: Dietle on February 22, 2021, 07:39:49 PM

This antique hand forged sprue cutter is from one of the Lepley farms in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and was found in a bucket of old longrifle parts and gunsmithing tools. This is my first attempt at posting a picture, so I'm hoping for the best.
(https://i.ibb.co/20JJb7P/sprue-cutter.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CpLLr5v)

Title: Re: hand forged sprue cutter, Somerset County, PA
Post by: Kevin on February 22, 2021, 08:21:32 PM

Dietle,

Thanks for sharing both the photo and the information about where this turned up.  Not something you see everyday.

Kevin

Title: Re: hand forged sprue cutter, Somerset County, PA
Post by: Hungry Horse on February 23, 2021, 10:37:05 PM

I’ve never seen a sprue cutter that didn’t have arched jaws. It looks more like a wire cutter, or nail cutter for simple cut nails, or ticks.

  Hungry Horse

Title: Re: hand forged sprue cutter, Somerset County, PA
Post by: Daniel Coats on February 24, 2021, 03:54:46 AM

Could be hog ring pliers

Title: Re: hand forged sprue cutter, Somerset County, PA
Post by: Dietle on February 24, 2021, 04:16:42 AM

Dan, HH: Thanks for your comments. These don't have the recesses that the hog ring pliers I've seen have had. With the return spring and the hand-forged flare on the front of the front handle to be easy on the fingers, this is made for some highly repetitive task. The people I talked to concluded it was a sprue cutter, but that could certainly be wrong. There was also half of an ancient buckshot mold in the bucket, but that doesn't prove anything. Again, thanks for your comments.

Title: Re: hand forged sprue cutter, Somerset County, PA
Post by: DGB on February 24, 2021, 04:38:13 AM

Looks like a saw set

Title: Re: hand forged sprue cutter, Somerset County, PA
Post by: TN Longhunter on February 25, 2021, 02:46:17 PM

Quote from: DGB on February 24, 2021, 04:38:13 AM

Looks like a saw set

Agree.