Name that tool and how do you use it

[oosik]

Probably never know about #1 unless you can talk to the person that modified it. Obviously modified for some quite specific task.

 

[cqaigy2]

#3 reminds me of something (possibly a set) of a 'positioning guide'... used to slide two things together prior to bolting/fastening them together.

Like an awl, and it does look to be tapered.

 

[bigtiller]

Could the third one be a spud wrench with a broken off socket, sort of like this one?

https://thisworkinglife.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/dsc4437.jpg

 

[MossRoad]

As Steve mentioned, #2 is probably a saw set tool like these...

saw set tool - Google Search

Images:
saw set tool - Google Search

 

[MossRoad]

And as someone else mentioned, #4 is most likely hog ring pliers.

western wire hog ring pliers - Google Search

 

[woodlandfarms]

Thanks all. What is really embarassing is that the Kerf Setter and the Hog Pliers I have both used a lot in my childhood. My father was against power equipment when I was young so we cut all our wood with buck saws. One man and two man saws. Learned to sharpen and kerf. I knew what I was looking at but it never rang a bell. Same with the pliers. I think you are probably right on the one tool being an alignment tool. The previous owner was a lineman, probably something to line up holes on power poles. The last is maybe home made or a modification. It is nasty nasty sharp. Not sure what you would use it for as it removes flesh (not a back scratcher).

So the one tool with the chunk of metal at the top... there are 4 of them in the tool kit I was given. No clue. It does have a look of maybe an old screw driver with this nob welde on but it makes no sense. Not sure what you would use it for.

 

[woodlandfarms]

I think I saw all of those in the window of a BDSM shop in the bay area....

You shopping for a gift for the wife?

 

[the old grind]

.. 1 .. Seems to be shaped from a large common nail (see marks at top) ...

My first thought, and for just that reason .. Not all from the same era, I'd say ...

3 could be a spud/drift .. with the square or pin hole to twist/pull when bound (used for that anyway) .. 4 is also used by upholsterers for their "hog rings" (wire & excelsior relics) .. I've seen 5 sold as a 'foot scratcher' (cross legs at knees), though I might advise it for raking cockle burs from the dog or cat.

 

[bigtiller]

So the one tool with the chunk of metal at the top... there are 4 of them in the tool kit I was given. No clue. It does have a look of maybe an old screw driver with this nob welde on but it makes no sense. Not sure what you would use it for.

Home made tent stakes?

 

[MossRoad]

You shopping for a gift for the wife?

Juuuuust looking.... :laughing: