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The items listed here are those tools collected over the last few months. Each tool has also been integrated into the appropriate pages throughout the site.
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January 2012 Update
L – 9-1/8”, All metal pick with a multi-faceted knob head on the handle. It has a three sided tapering pick point. The ice pick weights a little over a pound and a half. Nickel coated. No markings.
L – 6-7/8”, The ferrule appears to be brass but isn’t since it attracts a magnet and the wear on the ferrule edge at the wood handle reveals a silver colored material... The interesting thing about this ice pick is the arrangement of the ferrule with an unusual split nut inserted under the ferrule. This may be a means to replace the pick. No markings.
L – 8-5/8”, No special markings
Patent 1,305,711 Issued June 3, 1919 L – 8-7/8”, RELIANCE cast in the pick support near the ferrule. No other markings.
L – 8-7/8”, It’s believed the handle was replaced since it was loose and the only other pick support configuration like this is found on the BENEDICT chipper as shown to the right.	Comparison of pick support and handle configuration for the subject chipper to the BENEDICT chipper.
L – 9-1/2”, This is a sample of a capped bladed chipper with the cap missing. Notice the shape of the top of the handle and the center where the attaching screw hole has been filled. Tips of the chipping points are beveled but the sides of the teeth are not. No markings.
L – 10-1/2”, FOSTER BROS. SPECIAL QUALITY STEEL marked on the blade near the ferrule. All the edges of the blade points are beveled.
L = 7-3/8”, Bowl Dia. = 3-1/2” NO 27 YANKEE PAT. APLD. Small teeth on the adjustable shaving blade. No other markings. The shave is made of aluminum. A similar cast iron shave is approximately 2-1/2 times heavier than the aluminum shave.
L – 7-1/2” ICER on the back of one teeth support and T&D on hack of other support. Cap lifter on the end of one handle. The tool looks like it is made of aluminum but it is made of a ferrous metal.
L – 7”, RELIANCE ICE CUTTING TONGS, MADE IN ENGLAND PATT. PEND. stamped around the pivot. Aluminum body with steel cutting teeth. Ends of the handles used as ice picks.
L – 6”, A small combination bar tool. The hammer head is used as an ice crusher and chipper. The head unscrews and holds a corkscrew and the end of handle unscrews and contains a cap lifter.
L – 8-3/4”, Bar tool containing an ice pick and ice blade on the ends of the hammer head. A corkscrew stows in the side of the handle and a cap lifter on the end of the handle. JAPAN with a logo of a wood pecker on a log between the cap lifter and the handle.
L – 13”, Spread – 16”, Tongs made of 0.3" rod flattened at the pivot area.

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December 2011 Update
Patent 1,693,269 Issued Nov. 27, 1928 L – 8”, The cap is crimped on and two of the cap tangs are marked. One with Pat. Nov. 27’ 28 and the other with WB over W. Just another color scheme.
L – 10-1/4”, Brass cap attached with a rivet or it may be the end of the pick stem thru the handle.
L – 6-1/4”, All metal chipper with a six sided handle and tine support. No markings.
L – 11-1/2”, All teeth beveled. No markings
L – 10”, All sides of the teeth are beveled. Heavy rust pitting on the blade. Cap round with a smooth flat top and attached with a single screw. Couple spots of cream paint on the handle. No markings
L – 11”, An ice house axe. Probably used in a personal ice house. No markings.
L – 16”, This hook was used in the local ice delivery wagon/truck to reposition blocks of ice. No markings.
L - 75”, Ice Hooks were ice harvesting tools used to move large blocks of ice around in the pond/rivers and ice storage houses. GIFFORD-WOOD stamped on hook base attached to the handle. Some red paint remains on the handle at the pick end.
L – 6-3/4”, MADE IN JAPAN and KAM on inside of the lower handle. Smooth outer surface. Single interlock holds the halves together.
Size – 8-1/4” Square, Salesman’s Sample 25, 50,75, 100 positioned to indicate the amount of ice the customer desires. Marked in the center of the card is - Ice Card No. 142 design 1, Carried in Stock, If different figures or different colors are wanted, se designs No. 3, 4, and 5 and do not use design 1 price.
L – 8”, Combination tool. There is a pick on one end and chisel/scrape on the other. The handle is riveted on the metal plate. No markings
L – 15-1/4”, Combination tool. Butchers cleaver, hand axe, tenderer and the point is an ice pick.
	L = 7-7/8 Many of the airlines used these hammers to break up the ice for drinks during in-flight service. They are made of aluminum and the logo indicating the Airline is cast in the side of the hammer head. The “AA” America Airlines one also has “73IMOO1” on the handle near the head and TWA had two styles.
Patent 576,461 Issued Feb. 2, 1897				LOUDEN
				PAT’D
L – 18-1/4”, Spread – 17-1/2”, Squeezing the upper and bottom parts of the handle together causes the tongs to open. LOUDEN on the upper handle and PAT’D on the link between the tong leg and the ends of the handle. All the marking are hard to read.
L – 12-1/2”, spread – 12-1/2”, CAST STEEL on one leg and CB CRUMAN BRANOH, CONN. on the other leg. Tongs flat stock 1"X0.34” at the pivot. Wood handles.
L – 14-1/2”, Spread – L – 13-3/4”, Tongs made of flat steel 1"X0.25" at the pivot. A spring has added between the top ends of the tong legs. I think the spring may have been added by the user to help the tongs close more strongly when grasping the block ice.
L – 28”, Spread – 21”, Bar stock 0.62"X 0.36" measured at the upper pivot. Handle hand forged to rod shape and joined to the top of the upper tong link.			L – 21”, Spread – 25”, WT WOOD & CO. on one tong leg and STEEL on the other leg.
L – 34-1/2”, Spread – 33”, Drag tongs used to move large blocks of ice. WT WOOD & CO and STEEL marks on the tong legs.
These four tongs were thought to be ice tongs but after further investigation I believe they are logging tongs. The tongs and chains are made to withstand heavy loads. Several of the tongs show marks along the outer edge of the tong legs where they were repeatedly struck with a hard object indicating the points were driven into a log. (Anyone having other ideas please let me know.)
L – 17”, Spread – 11”, Flat steel stock with ribs on the outside edges of each tong 1.33"X0.25" tongs, 10 links. No markings.		L – 16”, Spread – 8”, Flat steel stock 1.2"X0.25" tongs. 11 links. Unknown reason of the protruding feature at the pivot. No markings
L – 16-1/2”, Spread – 9”, Flat steel stock 1.4"X0.25" tongs, 8 links, no markings			L – 17-1/2”, Spread – 10”, Flat steel stock 1.3"X0.25" tongs, 10 links, No markings
L – 9-3/8’, Spread – 6-3/4”, MOUNTAIN ICE COMPANY “MICO” ICE & COAL on one leg of the ice tongs. Spring at the pivot to keep tongs open when not in use. All metal. No other markings.
L – 13”, THE OTIS F. LAKE COAL & ICE CO., DISTILLED WATER ICE ADAMS 7492, COAL, COKE AND REFRIGERATORS on the handle. The fork was probably complimentary of the ice company.
L – 30-1/2”, Blade – 26-1/4”, 5-1/2” at handle, 2-1/2” end. There are 27 "V" type teeth; 0.85" TPI. Handle is 5-1/2” long and there are four holes on each side of the handle. The markings of "AW" in a circle & 2 are on the handle.
L – 33”, Blade – 28-3/4”, 6" wide at handle and 2-3/4” wide at the tip. There are 22 "M" type teeth. Three rivets attach the handle to blade. There are holes in the ends of the handle.
L – 41”, This tool was used to drill holes through the ice to measure the ice thickness prior to harvesting. The auger bit is 24” long and the bit has a 7/8” diameter. There is a square cross section 3” to 6” above the bit used to help twist the auger with a wrench. Lettering on the square area is unreadable.
L – 50”, Solid steel chisel used to break blocks of ice apart during ice harvesting prior to sending the ice blocks up the conveyer to the ice house. COCK plus other unreadable letting on the blade. J. M. on the handle just above the blade. Very heavy, approximately 17 lbs.

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November 2011 Update
L – 8-3/8”, The Otis F. Lake & Ice Co. Garfield 40, ESTABLISHED 1899, DISTILLED WATER ICE, ICE COSTS Less - Serves Best and Never Gets Out of Order. On the four sides of the handle.
Patent 1,956,875 Issued May 1, 1934 L – 7”, Stowed L – 5-3/8”, SAVE FOOD FLAVOR HEALTH WITH ICE, VIRGINIA APPLE STORAGE on the handle. Missing the corkscrew/cap lifter at the end of the handle.
L – 8-5/8”, Plastic tapered handle with a rectangular hole near the end. No ferrule. No markings.
L – 7-5/8”, Pick is 0.27" diameter. Missing the ferrule. No markings.
Patent 15,483 Issued Aug. 5, 1856 - Variant
L - 17-1/4”, Rounded and tapered point. N.Y. AUG 5, 1858 on one side of the slider and H. GIFFING PATENT on the other side. “PATENT” is not readable.
L – 10-1/4’, Bevel on all sides of the teeth. Different shaped ferrule. No special markings.
L – 7-3/4”, All teeth beveled. No markings
L – 10-3/4”, PEERLESS ICE CHIPPER, DANA & CO. CIN O. No patent date or other markings.
H – 7-3/4”, Multi function tool shaped like a bum splits at the waist. It contains an ice pick, muddler, and corkscrew inside. The cap is a cap lifter and the ears are ice crackers. Made of Aluminum
L – 22-3/4’, Home made ice chipper. Blade reconfigured from an existing 7 point blade. Obviously reshaped as can be seen in the cut marks. Handle is a solid steel part from an unknown source. Handle is attached to the blade with two rivets. Information regarding the bladed chipper provided by Linda Smith grand daughter of Gus Minor (November 2011) Grandfather, Gus Minor, homesteaded near Cap Rock, Montana (near Miles City) around 1915-1920.   Grandmother was a one room school teacher when they met and also homesteaded.  When they got married they somehow pulled her house with a team of horses and logs to where Grandpa’s house was located and attached them together. They lived on their farm from the early 1920’s until 1938 when Grandpa sold the farm and the family moved to Miles City.  Then Grandpa worked for the Milwaukee railroad for several years but passed away suddenly in his 40’s of heart disease. My mother was a collector of memories and when she passed in 2008 it was my job to go through several boxes and trunks of things.  The ice chipper was in an old tool box of Grandpa’s things.  The chipper may have been made by grandpa but not sure. He probably used the chipper harvesting ice while living on the farm and maybe used it while working with the railroad, particularly, if the railroad transported naturally harvested ice.
H – 10”, ALASKA ICE BREAKER MODEL 38 on one side of the hopper and 38CB1 on the other side. 53CB2 on one side of the stand and 2 on the other side. 63CB3 and 1 on the underside of the base. Blue painted over green base, stand and the crank arm. 2. 38A8 on the inside of the handle arm.
H – 9-3/8”, HUSKY ICE CRUSHER on a label on the upper front of the hopper and 1C-2 on the inside of the hopper. 1C-1 on the bottom of the base. J5 and 13 are cast on the inside of the handle arm. The hopper opening is 2-7/8" X 3-3/8". ". The crushing teeth are cast into the rotating shaft and are not the typical sharpened pick points.
Size – 7” square, 25 lbs,50 lbs,75lbs,100 lbs, LIBERTY ICE & FUEL CO. Peter F. Hogan 1183 Liberty St. TEL. 6-2774 with the symbol of the Statue of Liberty. A gift from Gail & Thom Lucia of “Ice Box Memories” Link to their website: Ice Box Memories		Size – 9-1/4” square, 25, 50, 75, 100, N. B. BURCH ICE Phone ______
L – 11-5/8”, THE OTIS F. LAKE COAL & ICE CO., DISTILLED WATER ICE, Adams 7294 on the handle, Cap lifter on the end of the handle. All metal spatula. Spatula was probably complimentary of the ice company.
L – 9-1/2”, SEABOARD ICE COMPANY on one leg of the ice tongs. Spring at the pivot to keep tongs open when not in use. All metal. No other markings.
L – 10-3/4”, Spread – 13-1/2”, Made of 0.24” steel wire/rod.			L – 16-3/4”, 90 Degree turn of the tong below the pivot appears to be hand forged, particularly around the pivot.
L – 16-1/4”, Spread – 9”, BRIDGEPORT SPRING CO, WARRANTED, on one tong. Handle is rolled flat stock and tongs 0.3'" X 0.93 at the pivot. Three links between to handle ends and the tong legs.
L – 10”, Spread – 11”, Each half made of flat stock steel 0.18" thick, handle formed to round stock. All hand forged. No markings.			L – 12-1/2”, Spread – 12”, Made of 0.37" rod steel. No markings.
L – 16”, Spread – 14”, GIFFORD-WOOD CO stamped on both sides between the pivot and the handle. Made of flat stock steel 0.95”X0.30” just below the pivot. The two handles are cast round stock with larger diameter at the top for carrying comfort.
L – 14”, Spread – 15-1/2”, H A MOORE 2 on one side of one tong
L – 15”, Spread – 15” Made of flat stock steel 0.63”X0.20” measured just below the pivot. The handles are also made of flat stock and the edges are curled up for carrying comfort.
Patented Tools
Patent 1,956,875 Issued May 1, 1934 Issued to William F. Paradise of Auburn, Nebraska. Mumble Peg Toy The objective of this invention is the provision of a simple and effective device for playing the game of mumble peg, or used as a household tool, such as an ice-pick. Another objective is that the toy/tool can be “folded” so as to not cause an injury when not in use.
L – 7”, Stowed L – 5-3/8”, SAVE FOOD FLAVOR HEALTH WITH ICE, VIRGINIA APPLE STORAGE on the handle. Missing the corkscrew/cap lifter at the end of the handle.		Patent Drawing

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September 2011 Update
L – 8-3/4”, CONSUMERS ICE & COAL PHONE 5-0139, on one side and Pick Our Ice And Burn Our Coal on the other side.
L – 8-1/4”, Cap lifter on the end of the handle has two tabs. The ferrule is missing. No markings.
L – 10”, Round smooth cap with a flat top. Two groves on the top and WHITE CITY N & CO. cast between the two groves. Brass ferrule. Teeth beveled on all sides.
L = 7”, Bowl Dia. = 3”, THE GRISWOLD MFG. CO. CLASSIC, ICE SHREDDER NO. 2 ERIE PA, U.S.A. 261 cast on the underside of the handle and 262 stamped on the underside of the lid. The blade has 11 teeth and is riveted in place.
This Item is not part of my collection. The pictures and information were provided by Randy Moore of Dana Point, CA.
		Gold Medal Products Co. 1966 catalog advertisement describing the “scraper’s” use and price.
L – 9-1/2”, Bowl Dia. – 3.0” GOLD MEDAL PRODUCTS CO. is cast in the handle. As shown, a cone cup is placed in the lid to catch the ice as shaved, flipped open, flavoring added for one to enjoy a tasty treat. There is an adjustable single smooth blade. The shave is made of aluminum. Pictures of this example are provided by Randy Moore of Dana Point, CA. He made and sold snow cones back in the early 50's using a similar ice shave that holds a cup.  Since he recently obtained this shave, he’s making snow cones for the grand kids now.
H – 9-3/4”, CHALLENGE ICE CRUSHER on a label on the upper front of the hopper. 1C-2 on the inside of the hopper and 1C-1 on the bottom of the base. The crusher has been over painted with a light chocolate color covering an original green color. The hopper opening is 2-7/8" X 3-3/8". The crushing teeth are cast into the rotating shaft and are not the typical sharpened pick points.
L – 16”, Spread – 12”, STAATSBURG over 29 on one tong leg just below the pivot. Handle is 6” long and 0.8” diameter. Tongs made of 1.12"X0.25" flat steel at the pivot. Two piece link between each handle end and the tong top.

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