: > >Its a metal thing with wood handle, obviously an old tool. The metal : > >part consists of the usualy round stem then a banana shaped section, : > >like so: : > >
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: > >Now the banana bit is upto 5/8" wide in the middle, tapering at each : > >end to 0.5". The banana bit has a rounded surface on one side, it is a : > >C shape section. : > >
: > >Now this sounds exactly like a tool for smoothing brickwork pointing, : > >except for one thing: it is not the outer side of the banana that is : > >rounded, but the inner side, so it could not possibly be a bucket : > >handle type pointing tool. What it is I have never discovered. There : > >are no markings on it anywhere. : : : > A gouge? : > What width is it 15mm, 20mm, 22mm, 25mm? : : > >Now the banana bit is upto 5/8" wide in the middle, tapering at each : > >end to 0.5". : : > American equivalent? Could it : > be for rounding out raggles for pipes and conduits? : : If you mean the rough ends of cut pipes, I guess it could smooth out : the inner wall, but not the end or outer. And its excessively long to : do just that. : : > Or if less heavy duty looking is it a woodcarving gouge? : : No, the angles on the sides make that impossible. Its a very solid : piece. : : I think this one's about unwinnable :) :
Turners use a similar tool for deburring the inside of pipes, flanges etc.