536 A clothes line reel, patent number 870,475

 

 

537 A cutter that uses a single edge razor, possibly for boxes, fabric, string, etc.

 

 

538 ??

 

 

539 A polarity indicator, for determining the direction of current flowing through an electrical circuit, text on it reads “Manhattan, 60-600 volts, must not be left in circuit, negative pole turns red,” patent number 802,702

 

 

 

540 A member identified this as an electrician’s fish tape puller, though it is called a wire gripping tool on page 15 in the “Collectors Guide for Fencing Tools”

 

541 Possibly a stay tool for use on wire fences, looks similar to the ones on page 106 in the “Collectors Guide for Fencing Tools”

 

 

 

 

542 Possibly for use with molten lead when making bullets

 

 

 

543 A Bulls Eye tire balancer/alignment device

 

 

544 Possibly a hanger from a suitcase

 

 

 

545 A valve spring compressor

 

 

546 A wire cutter and wire stripper

 

547 A throttle lever for a tractor

 

 

548 A valve spring compressor

 

549 A hog holder

 

 

550 We are still looking for the exact purpose of this file, the patent for the handle is number 591,913

 

 

 

551 This implement appears to have a whale tooth handle, the tool could be for splicing rope

 

 

552 ??

 

 

553 Possibly a holder for store advertising or hand bills

 

 

 

554 A nasal speculum

 

 

555 ??

 

 

 

 

 

556 An anti-rooting tool for use on a hog’s snout

 

 

557 An ice creeper that attaches to the heel of a shoe

 

 

 

 

 

558 Possibly a tool for measuring O-rings, tubes, or small belts that are used with machinery, text on it appears to read Stoco

 

 

 

559 A pair of Lambert Chalazion Forceps, for use by an eye doctor when removing a cyst from the eyelid.