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Old 9th September 2016, 09:24 PM   #1
Battara
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The dagger is from the Athabaskan tribe from the USA and Canada. It looks like it is made of steel instead of copper.

The hand wrap might be a replacement, or original to this if it is a later example. In any case the wrap is not traditional as far as I know.
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Old 9th September 2016, 11:30 PM   #2
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Machinist is correct. The pliers are a common tool used by shoemakers. They are combination tools, with a hammer and pliers, and sometimes one of the handles has a "bent fork" at the end to aid in manipulating the leather pieces.

A quick search on eBay produced a number of inexpensive examples similar to yours. This style of tool has been around for hundreds of years although I think your example may be late 19th or early 20th C--but its hard to say.

Your lot seems to be a collection of unrelated ironware, but I like the dagger a lot.

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Old 10th September 2016, 12:53 PM   #3
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Machinist is correct. The pliers are a common tool used by shoemakers.... This style of tool has been around for hundreds of years although I think your example may be late 19th or early 20th C--but its hard to say...
I remember being a kid, standing by and watch my next door shoemaker using it with full skill .
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