<p>Thinking it is a woodworking tool for carving wood. They come in all different shapes and sizes. The images you provided have a similar body and shape commonly bought in a set.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/gwGym.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/gwGym.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a>
Image source from: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/224770994/wood-carving-tools-forged-chisel-carving" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a></p>

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2021-08-19T22:29:18.270Z
Lyssagal, it doesn't look like there's any cutting edge on the tool in the question.
fixer1234
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Lyssagal
<p>This looks like a <em>bearing scraper</em>, used for finishing the inside of soft metal bearings, such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(alloy)#Traditional_Babbitt_bearings" rel="noreferrer">Babbitt bearings</a> which are made by pouring liquid metal directly around the shaft they will support, then disassembled and cleaned up before use. Such bearings are re-poured when they wear down, so this tool might have been from a maintenance shop, not necessarily a factory that originally made machinery having such bearings.</p>
<p>You can see some very similar tools and their use in <a href="https://youtu.be/4v2ivoLkxVw?t=2878" rel="noreferrer">this video on Babbitt bearings from Keith Rucker's YouTube channel, starting at 48:00</a>. The narrow, slightly curved tip allows working on the perpendicularly curved inside surface of the bearing:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/9UWMp.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/9UWMp.jpg" alt="Frame from the above video of a scraper being used on half of a Babbitt bearing" /></a></p>
<p>(In this particular picture, it almost looks like the concave side is up, but actually the convex side is up, so the two edges are against the surface to scrape.)</p>

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2021-08-21T16:31:18.487Z
That's it! Very interesting to finally get to know what it is! I don't have any soft metal bearings so I'll try to give it to someone that has :)
PetaspeedBeaver
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Kevin Reid
<p>Found this tool while cleaning out a workshop close to the sea, but <strong>what is it for and what's its name</strong>? I've guessed it's something for knotting, but can't find a reference on how to use it (it might of course be something totally else :)</p>
<p>The handle is in wood, the rest of the tool is made from steel, and the front part (that measures 20 mm at its widest place), looks like half a birds beak, a little bit curved. The tool is 180 mm long all in all.</p>
<p>Front:
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vF9mu.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></p>
<p>Side:
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/CPsaH.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></p>
<p>Back:
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ylyno.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></p>

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What is this tool (looking like half a birds beak on a shaft with a handle) for?
PetaspeedBeaver
# What is this tool (looking like half a birds beak on a shaft with a handle) for?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-13)

Found this tool while cleaning out a workshop close to the sea, but **what is it for and what's its name**? I've guessed it's something for knotting, but can't find a reference on how to use it (it might of course be something totally else :)

The handle is in wood, the rest of the tool is made from steel, and the front part (that measures 20 mm at its widest place), looks like half a birds beak, a little bit curved. The tool is 180 mm long all in all.

Front:
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vF9mu.jpg)

Side:
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/CPsaH.jpg)

Back:
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ylyno.jpg)

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-08-20. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

This looks like a *bearing scraper*, used for finishing the inside of soft metal bearings, such as [Babbitt bearings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(alloy)#Traditional_Babbitt_bearings) which are made by pouring liquid metal directly around the shaft they will support, then disassembled and cleaned up before use. Such bearings are re-poured when they wear down, so this tool might have been from a maintenance shop, not necessarily a factory that originally made machinery having such bearings.

You can see some very similar tools and their use in [this video on Babbitt bearings from Keith Rucker's YouTube channel, starting at 48:00](https://youtu.be/4v2ivoLkxVw?t=2878). The narrow, slightly curved tip allows working on the perpendicularly curved inside surface of the bearing:

[![Frame from the above video of a scraper being used on half of a Babbitt bearing](https://i.sstatic.net/9UWMp.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/9UWMp.jpg)

(In this particular picture, it almost looks like the concave side is up, but actually the convex side is up, so the two edges are against the surface to scrape.)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: That's it! Very interesting to finally get to know what it is! I don't have any soft metal bearings so I'll try to give it to someone that has :)  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-08-19. Score: 0

Thinking it is a woodworking tool for carving wood. They come in all different shapes and sizes. The images you provided have a similar body and shape commonly bought in a set.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/gwGym.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/gwGym.jpg)
Image source from: [here](https://www.etsy.com/listing/224770994/wood-carving-tools-forged-chisel-carving)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: username_1, it doesn't look like there's any cutting edge on the tool in the question.  

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