The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
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The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
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love the notch which doubles as locking tools closed and open - an elegant solution -
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love the notch which doubles as locking tools closed and open - an elegant solution@Theriac @Adrenochrome wanted to comment on that too, i wonder how much force it requires to open the "spring" that connects both sides so that the notch can be overcome, must have been some work tweaking that, to make it weak enough it’s possible, but strong enough the tools stay locked when you use them. Nice design.
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@Theriac @Adrenochrome wanted to comment on that too, i wonder how much force it requires to open the "spring" that connects both sides so that the notch can be overcome, must have been some work tweaking that, to make it weak enough it’s possible, but strong enough the tools stay locked when you use them. Nice design.
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I imagine the horseshoe shape is the spring. -
@Theriac @Adrenochrome wanted to comment on that too, i wonder how much force it requires to open the "spring" that connects both sides so that the notch can be overcome, must have been some work tweaking that, to make it weak enough it’s possible, but strong enough the tools stay locked when you use them. Nice design.
@tshirtman @Theriac @Adrenochrome same. Was just going to say it, then I thought maybe someone already spotted that. Such a neat little touch
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I imagine the horseshoe shape is the spring.@Theriac @Adrenochrome yes, that’s what i meant, it’s both a protection between the tool and things directly aligned to them, and the spring that holds the whole thing together.
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I imagine the horseshoe shape is the spring.I just learned Underwood made a lot of things I would love to have...
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@Theriac @Adrenochrome yes, that’s what i meant, it’s both a protection between the tool and things directly aligned to them, and the spring that holds the whole thing together.
@Theriac @Adrenochrome Which reminds me, many of us probably underestimate how big mechanics was in the 19th century, i fetched this PDF sometime ago, following a maker’s recommendation, for inspiration, it shows a *lot* of contraptions, some generic, some very specific, a lot of human ingenuity went into these creations.
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@Adrenochrome Is the tool second from the left a little candle snuffer?
I think it's probably a second kind of hoof-cleaner. (Getting little stones out of the soft part of a horse hoof before they seriously damage the horse is *really important*. And as a snuffer, I think the scoop is facing wrong way.)
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The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces@Adrenochrome such a cool object!
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The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlacesI know there are blacksmiths around -- who can tell us just how hard this is to make?
Look how the big drill isn't consistent! I can recommend _One Good Turn_ for the history of threading.
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The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces@Adrenochrome
That is magnificent and I want one. -
The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces@Adrenochrome It reminds me of my favorite modern tool.
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@Adrenochrome It reminds me of my favorite modern tool.
Oh ja! Ich habe das als Inbus, Torx und Kreuz/Schlitz. Super praktisch!
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Oh ja! Ich habe das als Inbus, Torx und Kreuz/Schlitz. Super praktisch!
@Adrenochrome Das kann nur Inbus, aber in allen gängigen Größen.
Da muss man nicht nochmal in den Keller rennen, nur weil man den falschen genommen hat.
Und durch den dicken Griff hat man einen guten "Grip". -
I know there are blacksmiths around -- who can tell us just how hard this is to make?
Look how the big drill isn't consistent! I can recommend _One Good Turn_ for the history of threading.
Hello im a blacksmith. And alsp trained under a verry good farrier for a time
This is not espacialy hard but is time consumeingIt seems like its been made to be impossible to separetly turn each hoofpick?
Makeing the thing
1 create loops by bending thin bar
or upset(widen) ends of a bar and punch a hole in each (more time consumeing)
2 bend the back of the lyre shape
3 pass thin bar through the loops / punched holes
4 make the tools and flatten the ends that you will wrap around the thin bar
5 repeatedly heat the flattened area of each tool and wrap the flattened part around the thin barThis is easyer to make in a coal/coke forge
Also its possible to get each tool atached prettly stiffly so they dont jangle around but i would probably add something so when they eventualy loosen you can lock them in place in their compact position
To do this id add another thin bar for the tools to rest against,and another on a rivet that slides over the other side to hold them in place
- but i cant figire out how to describe this part well
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The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlacesI see this, and NOW I want one.
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The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces@Adrenochrome that is gorgeous
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The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces@Adrenochrome
#Alttext
Left to right the tools are:
Large hoof cleaner
Small hoof cleaner (?)
Narrow corkscrew (?)
Gimlet
Wide corkscrew
Narrow awl
Saw
Flatblade screwdriver
Wide awl
HookSherlock would have had a separate set of lock picks.
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The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces@Adrenochrome steampunk leatherman
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The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)
Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces@Adrenochrome this is amazing, wow!
