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02-APR-2007

Usefull?

I hope someone can ID these. There are two, one factory made and one had forged. About 10" long and quite sharp on both ends. The name on the factory made one is "J.T. NOYE MFG. CO. Buffalo NY"

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alexeig		03-Apr-2007 16:39
Beautiful metal texture. Nicely lit too.

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Apr-2007 16:36
Thanks for the ID, I believe you are correct. I have found that the Noye company did deal in milling equipment. I also found they are called mill picks or mill bills. Here is another link about dressing stoneshttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/mirrors/vaes/99-1-4.pdf Jim

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Apr-2007 15:41
Makes sense! -Cat

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Apr-2007 13:20
If you read the last article I posted, it mentions that traditionally, there are no holes, the handle being bound by leather straps. On the other hand, there could be holes obscured by perspective. -- Victor

Julie Bird		03-Apr-2007 11:40
I can see no evidence of handles. Maybe that is because of the angle of the shot. If there are no holes for handles, I wonder whether they might be wedges?

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Apr-2007 08:03
I was satisfied with the idea that these were mining picks, so I dug around some more. Now I think they're mill picks. Picks designed to dress millstones. Seehttp://www.angelfire.com/journal/millrestoration/article.html . -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Apr-2007 07:36
You can see various designs athttp://miningartifacts.homestead.com/toolsandhardware.html none of which look exactly like these, but that doesn't mean they're not picks, IMO. -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Apr-2007 07:25
Rock picks without the handles? -- Victor