Haynes-Bates tool, circa 1905

[J-sews]

I found this fantastic old hatchet tool a couple years ago, then "lost" it in a box during the move to our new home. It turned up this week during the latest round of unpacking. I'd forgotten just how cool it is!






There is a hatchet of course, with a hammer head on the opposite side of it. Beneath the hatchet head are a series of "teeth" that function as a large alligator wrench. (keep in mind that farm equipment 100 years ago had all sorts of large, square-headed nuts and bolts protruding from it)


There are plier jaws too, along with notches for cutting fence wire:






Between the handles there is a leather hole punch, a large knife, a small can opener blade, a flat screwdriver, and a corkscrew.







I cannot imagine the corkscrew would be very convenient to use.

Made by the Haynes-Bates Manufacturing Company of Chicago.







Patented by a Mr. J.M. Sullivan on July 4, 1905

[Grant Lamontagne]

That is a pretty cool old tool!  I was kind of wondering about the corkscrew though.  It really doesn't seem like it would be that convenient.

How much does that monstrosity weigh?

Def

Sent from a digital multitool

[Yadda]

The corkscrew seems almost whimsical, but probably a necessity before the turn of the century and before pressure canning and plastic bottles became the order of the day.


Another great find Bob!

[J-sews]

It ain't no pocket tool, that's for certain. I'm not sure if it would be easier to hold the wine bottle still and turn the tool, or hold the tool still and turn the wine bottle!

[detron]

very cool 

[David]

Neat tool there Bob!

[RamoN]

Well you have to think like a tough farmer who has been hatching, hammering all day and wants to open a 10 liter demijohn, then that corkscrew would make sense 

Very nice and thought out tool though, makes you think how long have the same ideas been around.

[Cogito]

That is really beautiful with the Patina and everything.  It looks like it's pretty heavy.  Do you think it would hold up to full use as a hatchet?

[Yadda]

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I can't tell from the photo.  Is there a hole in the hammer side handle to allow the corkscrew to extend through the closed handle making it easier to use the corkscrew?

[J-sews]

I can't tell from the photo.  Is there a hole in the hammer side handle to allow the corkscrew to extend through the closed handle making it easier to use the corkscrew?

No hole. The actual tool differs from the patent drawing in that respect. The corkscrew pivots from side to side (not lengthwise, as shown in the patent, if that makes sense) So it can pivot out the slots along the sides of the handle, as can be seen here:

That is really beautiful with the Patina and everything.  It looks like it's pretty heavy.  Do you think it would hold up to full use as a hatchet?

Thanks Cogito! Despite all the moving parts it is quite stoutly built. I would have no hesitation swinging the hatchet as hard as I would a regular hatchet.

[Kart]

Cool !!!
 

[Roadie]

I've missed your random tools from years gone by, really cool

[Cogito]

Is there anything of good quality that is comparable to this that is still made?  I wan't one and ebay hasn't pulled anything up for me.

[Mr. Whippy]

It ain't no pocket tool, that's for certain. I'm not sure if it would be easier to hold the wine bottle still and turn the tool, or hold the tool still and turn the wine bottle!

Just chop off the top of the bottle!

[Steinar]

Very cool! This is the best kind of post here.

[Ombudsman]

I can't tell from the photo.  Is there a hole in the hammer side handle to allow the corkscrew to extend through the closed handle making it easier to use the corkscrew?

No hole. The actual tool differs from the patent drawing in that respect. The corkscrew pivots from side to side (not lengthwise, as shown in the patent, if that makes sense) So it can pivot out the slots along the sides of the handle, as can be seen here:


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It will be great if Leatherman could incorporate that corkscrew design (including the hole) in their line of multitools 

[Cogito]

There might not be a need for corkscrews anymore   Some wise person on this forum figured out how to open corks with a can opener instead