Draw Gauges: Henry Frank Osborne, "Osborne Patent Tools"
Use:
The draw gauge is used to cut leather belts or strips of varying width out of a hide.
Older draw gauges (pre 1870's) will tend to have hand engraved rule marks on the slides. Many of these have dots punched above some of the rule marks to give a cleaner appearance. Newer draw gauges appear to have more uniform machined or stamped rule marks.
Six C.S. Osborne draw gauge styles: (1891 H. F. Osborne catalogue)
- No. 566, Gauges, Draw, Hollow Handle, (Jappaned or Nickel plated).
- No. 568, Gauges, Draw, Rosewood.
- No. 569, Gauges, Draw, Rosewood, Improved.
- No. 570, Gauges, Draw, Hollow Handle, Improved. (Jappaned or Nickel plated).
- No. 571, Gauges, Draw, Latta's Pat., Rosewood H'dle.
- U.S. Patent No. 00237554, Dated February 8, 1881, "Draw-Gage", Emmit G. Latta, of Friendship, New York, Assignor to Henry F. Osborne of Newark, New Jersey.
- The handle twists to lock the slide into place.
- Was manufactured by C.S. Osborne & Co. after the H.F. Osborne tool company was bought in 1905.No. 573, Brass Draw Gauges, Improved (Optional Guard)
- No. 573, Brass Draw Gauges, Improved (Optional Guard)
The nomenclature used to define the different styles of draw gauges above, is from the 1891 H. F. Osborne catalogue listed on the "References" page. Most of the H. F. Osborne & Co. gauges were avalible as standard with a 4" arm or "slide". However, a, 6" slide was optional. A"Usual" style does not have a finger trigger, an "Improved" has a finger trigger.
Toolmaker: Henry Frank Osborne, "Osborne Patent Tools"
- A clearly marked "H. F. OSBORNE NEWARK N.J." steel draw gauge, 4 inch rule, without a trigger.
- An H. F. Osborne 1891 catalogue lists this tool as a, No. 566 -- Gauges, Draw, Hollow Handle, Japanned.
Toolmaker: Henry Frank Osborne, "Osborne Patent Tools"
- A clearly marked "H. F. OSBORNE NEWARK N.J." Latta Patent draw gauge, 4 inch rule.
- This is an early version marked with the patent date "PATENTED 2/8/81".
- An H. F. Osborne 1891 catalogue lists this tool as a, No. 571 -- Gauges, Draw, Latta's Pat., Rosewood H'dle".
- U.S. Patent No. 00237554, Dated February 8, 1881, "Draw-Gage", Emmit G. Latta, of Friendship, New York, Assignor to Henry F. Osborne of Newark, New Jersey.
- The handle twists to lock the slide into place.
Toolmaker: Henry Frank Osborne, "Osborne Patent Tools"
- A clearly marked "H. F. OSBORNE NEWARK N.J." brass and rosewood draw gauge, 4 inch rule, without a trigger.
- An H. F. Osborne 1891 catalogue does not illustrate a brass and rosewood model without a trigger.
