B67-642 WASHER CUTTER. Palmer Patent. Patented by Alfred Palmer of Carlton, NY, in 1878; one of several tools designed to cut washers out of sheets of leather in the days before rubber; most were designed to be chucked in a brace but there are a few single-purpose bitstock tools like this one. Has both of its sliding blades intact (which is unusual). Like all known examples, marked "Pat. Apl'd For" and with Masonic symbols as well as Palmer's name. Appears to have been cleaned with a brass wheel. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good+ 70-140