January 2013 Mystery Tool A
Likely a food grated used to grate dried bread, hard cheese, horseradish, potatoes, etc. Photo submitted by Melvin L. Blackford, Bartow, Fla. See patent 53,021 for a similar piece.
January 2013 Mystery Tool B
Sugar nips, plier-like cutters used to cut chunks of sugar from a “sugarloaf.” Photo submitted by June Collman, Cromwell, Minn.
January 2013 Mystery Tool C
Break pad spreader, likely manufactured by KD Tool Co. Photo submitted by Joseph Kyzar, Jayess, Miss.
January 2013 Mystery Tool D
No definitive answer; may be a pickaroon used in a sawmill to move sawed wood. Photo submitted by Janice Cleland, Spotsylvania, Va.
January 2013 Mystery Tool E
Leather-work vise. Photo submitted by Alana Marinello. See patent 371,198 for a similar piece.