Half a whatsit!

[squib]

I can't quite place this tool....
The throat is a tight 1 1/4"
Is it a scutch?

 

[Adam W.]

Kind of, it's for dressing mill stones and should have an iron bit in it.

 

[squib]

Thanks, I thought I'd see one before.
Was it a toothed blade?

 

[squib]

Just watched a YouTube film on how to dress a millstone, I just need a blade and a mill now!

 

[TRITON]

Kind of, it's for dressing mill stones and should have an iron bit in it.

That traditional knowledge you have Adam. So handy

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That is a Mill Stone dressing tool.

What is shown is a Grindstone dressing tool with a flat bit, not common, but they are out there.

The bit before restoration.

Here is a flat stone dressing tool, with a long pick.

 

[Adam W.]

That traditional knowledge you have Adam. So handy

For pub quizzes.

Available for hire.....you buy the beer.

 

[squib]

Thanks folks, anyone need one?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Thanks folks, anyone need one?

Not I.
I have 6 here.

 

[rocketman_k]

Here in Cambridgeshire the wooden part of a millstone dressing tool is known as a “thrift” and the metal part is a “mill bill”

 

[Jaydee]

I wonder if that’s where the term “thrifty” came from?

 

[cowtown_eric]

looks to me to be a single point crandal