JCR Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Advertising Ice Picks we’re common before actual refrigerators we’re in common use. Also bottle openers, bread knives…. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim tn Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Ice pick! Used them a lot back in the late 1940's-50's. HH Jim Tn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn in CO Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 12 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said: Unfortunately, I can't ID it, but I found something very similar and would also like to know what it is. Might be a Antique Copper Soldering Iron. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 That is a soldering iron from about 100 years ago, it was heated up either in a forge or a pump-up torch. They worked great on copper wires and sheets of copper. Good find and a lot of history behind those items. Grandfather has 3 of them left in the garage that I have used in the past on some copper sheets. They hold the heat pretty good for their purpose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I think Glenn and JCR are right it's a soldering iron. I have an antique ice pic and even an old soldering iron put away. There is no way of putting the fat end into a piece of wood as a handle, point side is put in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 You got me digging in my old tool box, is the tip copper? Then I’d say for sure it is an old iron, it also is shaped like it could be used to rig sails and splice rope? that’s a quarter next to it for size comparison. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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