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Larry and Carole
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Internet
Antique Dealers & Brokers

 

www.AntiqBuyer.com

LCM@AntiqBuyer.com

 

530-620-7019

 

 

 Antique & Vintage
Leatherworking Tools

We Can Help You Sell Antique Tools or Collections of Antique Tools and Vintage Collectible Tools. 

I  deal in all types of antique and vintage tools including vintage & antique leatherworking tools.  On this page I will picture and discuss some of the specific vintage leather tools that I typically deal in and can help you sell.

If you are looking to buy antique leather tools please vist our sales page at www.Patented-Antiques.com.

If you have any quality vintage tools you want to sell, please contact me at  clm@antiqbuyer.com and we can work out a deal.

Some of  the most famous names of makers of leather tools are Osborne, Gomph, Rose, Lyle, Sauerbier, Dixon, Huber, Wiss, and a host of others.  Many of these famous leather tool makers were concentrated in and around Newark, New Jersey during the heyday of production from the early to mid 1800's.  Other makers hailed from different parts of the country, and some of those makers produced some very interesting and desirable antique leatherworking tools as well.

One type of leather tool sought is what are referred to as leather splitters.  These were used to make different thicknesses of material by passing them through a knife under pressure.  Osborne was the most prolific and well known maker, and they offered several different versions like the one pictured in the top left corner with the twist handle set up to lock in the thickness.  They also sold a version with a pliers-like adjuster. 

On the right are two early versions and one is from NH and the second is marked Osborne so I assume they bought the original patentee out.  On these examples the table flexes to regulate the cut instead of the cutter moving.  Different versions sell for different amounts, and the two shown just above are offered for sale on our sales website www.Patented-Antiques.com.

The two leather tools pictured here are known as draw gauges, and come in a variety of different configurations.   These leather tools were made by a number of different makers over the years.  They were designed to cut strips or belts of leather.  The most common variety are all steel in construction, then there are the steel and rosewood ones and then the brass and rosewood. 

Some draw gauges have unusual patented features like the twist head Latta's patent on the left.   Another unusual example has an operable trigger to release the bar.  Finally there are those homemade or blacksmith made examples that range in workmanship from crude and plain to works of art with inlays and file work.  

I also deal in and can help you sell small leather tools like those pictured here for working leather.  These are often referred to as saddle makers tools, but were used in other leatherworking trades such as the shoemaker or cobbler, upholsterer, and others as well. 

Some were specifically designed to shave soles of shoes, but there is cross over potential in the trades for almost any of these tools.  Those that hold the most interest for me have rosewood handles and are usually stamped with the maker's name such as Gomph or Osbourne.  Later or more recent examples have hardwood handles and lack the feel, look and overall quality that these earlier vintage examples have.   

Select Antique Leatherworking Tools Previously sold

• Patent Model of Leather Splitter    

• Plier Handled Osborne Leather Splitter 

• Latta Patent Draw Gauge 

• Osborne Rosewood & Brass Draw Gauge 

The above leather working tools are an example of the caliber, condition and quality of these tools that I primarily deal in 

If you have quality antique or vintage leatherworking tools similar to those that you see on this page that you want to sell,  please contact us at LCM@AntiqBuyer.com providing me with as many details as possible. Thank you!! 

To see many other examples of antique or vintage leatherworking tools that I currently have for sale please go to our sister site at www.Patented-Antiques.com.and visit the misc. tool sale pages you will find there.