The Woodward Tool

**Cklett** · 28th May 2023, 07:48 PM

Recently, I picked this thing up at a local antique shop. It had no price, and when I asked, they just threw it in with my actual purchase. I thought it was looking very interesting and great for some research.

First, it is not a woodworking tool, but antique, so I thought this section still fits.

However, I could not find much. What I found was this.

Apparently, it was mainly invented as a glass cutter. But also a corkscrew, knife, sharpener, scissors and a can and bottle opener.

The corkscrew is clear

And I also under stand where the glass cutter is with several sized notches to break the glass. The glass cutter is at the end of the hook.

I tried to identify the sharpener. Maybe the little extra piece of metal which is held by a small wedge is actually a sharpening stone and it might work like this.

The shapes left and right of the metal piece might guide for different blade bevels.

But I might be completely wrong and have no idea how the scissors and can opener should work.

I could not find any instructions on the web. Does maybe someone here know about this tool?

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**Simplicity** · 28th May 2023, 10:28 PM

Cklett

Sorry for drawing on your pic [emoji849],

Would that be the bottle opener?

Love the tool, you could probably throw out all the kitchen gadgets we all have an just use that one.

Cheers Matt.

**macg** · 29th May 2023, 10:30 AM

Hi Cklett,

if you go to the American patent web site, you will find the original patent docs,

they should explain how it all works.

Graham.

**labr@** · 29th May 2023, 09:10 PM

My interpretation of the text that you found is that there are no scissors - but there are sharpeners for both scissors and knives. It looks like the position you have the knife in is more likely to be the scissor sharpener, and the knife sharpener is on the other side of the rectangular insert. Would this work or is it just the camera angle?

**Fuzzie** · 29th May 2023, 09:51 PM

Is it possible the "gecko tail" end is actually the blade sharpener? I can't work out which bits might work as a can opener.

**Cklett** · 29th May 2023, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by macg

Hi Cklett,

if you go to the American patent web site, you will find the original patent docs,

they should explain how it all works.

Graham.

I looked at the patent up today. Unfortunately, it only patents the specific shape of the cutting disc for the glass cutter. It doesn't cover the entire tool.

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Cklett

Sorry for drawing on your pic [emoji849],

Would that be the bottle opener?

No problem. I thought the same. For now, let's assume that is the bottle.opener.

Originally Posted by labr@

My interpretation of the text that you found is that there are no scissors - but there are sharpeners for both scissors and knives. It looks like the position you have the knife in is more likely to be the scissor sharpener, and the knife sharpener is on the other side of the rectangular insert. Would this work, or is it just the camera angle?

Darn it. Language barrier has struck again. That makes more sense. I agree with you then. One side is for scissors and the other for knives.

Originally Posted by Fuzzie

Is it possible the "gecko tail" end is actually the blade sharpener? I can't work out which bits might work as a can opener.

I actually believe that it is the can opener. It could work similar to the one in this video at minute 2:30 or the one at minute 8:50. You got the blade and the two prongs serve for leverage maybe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFAStgFqbE0&feature=youtu.be

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