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I tried to post these photos before, but am too computer illiterate to do it. Thanks for helping Zelph!! I bought this at an auction over 20 years back. At the time it was in the original box. The box dissapeared a couple of moves back. The box called it a nusery stove. When I tried it, 2 cups of ro...

It is a device designed to allow rope travel one way only. When the rope goes the other way it is stopped.

It's a tool used to finish the ends of wooden spokes. The kind that they used on old wagons.

Thanks Sam- You had some of us worried for a while!!!

Could this be a specialized tool for carving inlets to place inlays in?

My guess is that it is an early gutting knife.The top portion prevents over penetration while the bottom portion is the actual knife blade for slitting the hide. It appears to be sharpened on the inside edge. You are finding some tough ones to figure out!!

This one is a real puzzler. The closest thing that I can think of is
that it is a tool to remove the caps/bungs off barrel openings.
I will be watching this thread all week to see what others guess.

It is an early watch-makers drill.

I think OOPS and RUSS beat me to it. It is an adze designed to remove material from
the inside of a concave surface. Probably a barrel.
Phill

This is a tool for cutting a taper on the end of a dowel/stick.
Or it could be a tool like a cartridge case trimmer.
Either way the stock(or cartridge) is inserted from the left,
and the handle is turned to cut(trim) it.