Thread: Need help with hand tool identification

I've been collecting old tools for a long time but never ran into anything like the set I picked up today.





There are very few markings to lend clues, the slender tool in the top row with the ebony handle is marked Blake & Co.



and the little spoon looking thing has a patd date of 1889 if I'm making it out right

One pair of the pliers is marked with a large "W" over a pair of "S"'s





I couldn't find Blake & Co. in the EAIA book and the only thing that made sense that I found on google was a reference to linotype which kind of makes sense given the shapes. Hard telling what all goes together, maybe the plier things were just thrown into the cigar box. Any ideas?

Some of these are dental tools...... the 8 sided thing with the rosewood handle is a dental tool for sure. Also I think the WS is the mark of a medical tool maker. I would guess these are some sort of a set for sculpting plaster models, maybe for teeth?

Leather working, to put the artsy designs on boots and saddles.
Regards

S. S. White is an old maker of dental tools. History of SSWT

I thought some of the items are sculptors or patternmaker/moldmaker tools.

Larry

I have a pair of similar pliers and no idea of their function.

I knew you guys would figure it out! I googled "S.S. White tools" and found an ebay sale of some dental burrs that had the logo on it (W over the pair of S's). Only a couple of the tools have this mark but it's apparent they have been together for a very long time. Most of them are older, having been forged and have tapered tangs pressed into the handles, the sheet metal "spoon" being the only one with a patent date. Gotta love the flea market!

Originally Posted by J.R. Williams

I have a pair of similar pliers and no idea of their function.

They are currently being sold as small hole punches for leather: Leather Punch Pliers | National Jeweler's Supplies and Deerskin Punch light weight Leather Leathercraft Tools | eBay

It's odd that one of the pair I have has the SSW marking. Maybe the SSW company had a leather working branch too?