The Farland tool looks like it'd be used along with something else. If hand saw related my guess would be for setting the teeth, how much they bend to the side.

 

that was my first guess.

 

View attachment 425937 This looks like a snap hook, but what for?? I have a bag full of them!

The item above is used in sailing. example source for more; Hank, Brass Size:0 44mm - Budget Marine

 

Excellent! I guess I can try to sell them, not having a boat.

 

The bit with the penny looks like it belongs to a yankee drill. Just my two cents.😁
Mike Hawkins

 

Great! I have one of those, too!

 

yes ,no 2 is for a Push-twist drill. We had a knockoff version of a Yankee before we bought our first Black and Decker power drill.

 

no 3 looks like its for hanking (?) a jib into a forestay

 

my Dad had an already old saw-setting tool for the teeth, no 1 is not such a tool.

 

I have another similar-looking tool that is shaped differently and has a smaller pointy bit, maybe it's just a different type?

 

if you have a (hand) rips saw and a cross cut saw, check the size of the teeth - that likely explain the smaller pointy bit....

 

I can't see how that first tool could be used as a handsaw tooth set configured as it is. Either critical parts are missing or it's something else entirely, possibly a dedicated accessory to some machine?

 

I just spent the last 45 minutes going through all the pictures I could find for specialty pliers. I figured, with the job hanks, the pliers might be for sail work. But nothing looks close.
Same with metal work, jewelry work, etc. etc. etc.
And NOTHING comes up under B.M.Farland Tools.
Although they look very well made, they might be some one-off tool made by a good machinist.
Please let us know if you find out what those are !!!

 

What exactly happens when you squeeze the handle? Show a photo of it in that position please:

A close up of the bar with the two threaded thumb knobs where they come through, would help

 

It'll take me a few days to get out there and take another few pics. The weekend slowed me down on work I have to do, so I made up for some of it today. Tomorrow is another busy day, but maybe in the afternoon I can manage it.

 

I am not buying the saw-set notion (says me, having used one decades ago).

 

It's a saw set, they came in many different configurations and they were and are made all over the world. I can't find that exact one at the moment but HERE is a good resource for information.

 

The two shown below are very similar to the tool in question.

 

Only guessing, I'd say this one is from the first half of the 1900s.

 

It's in really nice shape, but I generally agree,... most are post Civil War to pre WW2.

 

With the one you have you grab the tooth and bend it over until the long screw touches the side of the blade, use the long screw to adjust the amount of "set".

 

Thanks, I was wondering exactly what to do with it. I found another one in another toolbox that looks simpler, like squeeze, and it bends the tooth a bit.

 

Cool @TobyC , I was guessing the pliers attached to something while in use.

I admire people that can woodwork with just hand tools but I'm grateful to have modern power tools.

 

Did the same saw need to have it's teeth set more than once?

 

teeth would be set repeatedly, because as you sharpened the teeth the whole cutting profile moved towards the back of the saw, and the teeth would had less net set sideways unless rebent. Tedious work, but the hardware store was not nearby to do it for you in many cases - especially if you lived and worked on a lighthouse station, as my parents and grandparents did.

Every time you sharpen a saw you joint first to make all the teeth the same height, then sharpen, then set. Many carpenters did this themselves and kept a saw vise, a proper jointer or at least a flat file, some taper files (not three square), and a saw set. I still have and use my old man's saw maintenance tools. If you can make something dull, you should know how to make it sharp again.

 

teeth would be set repeatedly, because as you sharpened the teeth the whole cutting profile moved towards the back of the saw, and the teeth would had less net set sideways unless rebent. Tedious work, but the hardware store was not nearby to do it for you in many cases - especially if you lived and worked on a lighthouse station, as my parents and grandparents did.

 

Older thread, but it is a saw set, I have one also. When I started woodworking we didn't have a set, we used the side of a sledge hammer that had an angle filed on the edge. Lay the saw on the sledge and hit it with a hammer. Worked for us.

 

I was probably going to resort to something like that, but now, I have a tool!! lol

 

The star shaped bit could be used with hollow rivets. I use a countersink rose. Gives very neat finish..
johnep