85 is a marking gage http://www.brendlers.net/oldtools/ this page shows a stanley #94, this is s 95 which is similar. Used for scribing lines in wood, this is for marking for mortising hinges.
84 is a gaming piece of considerable age. My grandfather had one and it was for a game called 'Put and Take'. You spun it like a top and when it fell over you had to obey the instruction of the face which was uppermost, usually told you how many of the item being gamble for you should take out of, or put into, the pot in the middle. Usually was matchsticks or low denomination coins, and was often a recreational thing used on occasions such as long train journeys.
8/29/2004 7:21 AM
Anonymous said...
The Page is great That top looks like it was in the river bed a long time. I have a wood Top very old that a friend found in an antique shop. I got your Nut& Key puzzle Yesterday. very nice. Thank you Rocky
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Wedge - use with wooden wedge to install handle in hammer, hatchet or axe.
8/16/2004 10:24 AM
Yes, it's a wedge for a tool handle.
Rob
8/17/2004 4:40 PM
85 is a marking gage http://www.brendlers.net/oldtools/
this page shows a stanley #94, this is s 95 which is similar. Used for scribing lines in wood, this is for marking for mortising hinges.
8/27/2004 11:23 PM
Brad:
Correct on number 85, it's a marking gauge.
Rob
8/28/2004 5:33 PM
84 is a gaming piece of considerable age. My grandfather had one and it was for a game called 'Put and Take'. You spun it like a top and when it fell over you had to obey the instruction of the face which was uppermost, usually told you how many of the item being gamble for you should take out of, or put into, the pot in the middle. Usually was matchsticks or low denomination coins, and was often a recreational thing used on occasions such as long train journeys.
8/29/2004 7:21 AM
The Page is great That top looks like it was in the river bed a long time. I have a wood Top very old that a friend found in an antique shop. I got your Nut& Key puzzle Yesterday. very nice.
Thank you Rocky
4/29/2005 5:31 PM