Looking for info on an old die

[matthewsx]

Drumroll...
.
.
A new,
.
.
.
ultra-rare,
.
View attachment 350396
.
.
.
.
.
1/4-28 die.
View attachment 350397

What kind of can openers existed in 1955? I had to man-handle with vise grips to get it open.

So, is it a size you don't already own????

 

[Superburban]

I think the bigger question is: Do you have a die holder that it fits?

 

[Cooter Brown]

You would have got a return on fleebay for sure if someone bought it for more than $20............. lol

 

[Choiliefan]

Carbon or HS steel?

 

[keeena]

I only have the hand-held hex and smaller round die holders. Shameful! Making some tailstock die holders has been on the long list of tools to make.

I dunno if HSS; that's a good question. In any event - I decided to throw it in with the lot of large body dies & taps that I just sold.

 

[Bi11Hudson]

There is a possibility that it is a "machine screw" size. The largest I have ever heard of is a Nr14-24. That being 0.060" plus the number of the screw times .013. A fuzz smaller than 1/4", about the size of M6X1. A Nr17 would be 0.281, an odd size to have 8 TPI. But nevertheless, a possible answer. Dating that far back, machine screws had a wide selection of sizes. During my military time in the late '60s/early '70s, I was attached to an older (WW2 era) ship. Storing odd parts in "tin cans" was a common practice in the "old days".

.