M. Reich's Beautiful Old Solid Brass Mitering Tool (?) vintage kachina doll sharpening what looks like a

sharpening what looks like a knife but perhaps is some other tool on this grinding wheel

also known as Wild Turnip

Plenty of room to fit a hand inside

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M. Reich's Beautiful Old Solid Brass Mitering Tool (?) vintage kachina doll sharpening what looks like aI can't find another tool quite like this, but it sure is a beautiful thing. My guess is that it is a mitering tool of some sort, and I wonder perhaps if M. Reich was perhaps a frame maker? Whatever the case, I have to think Reich valued it a great deal, stamping it with his (or her) name a total of seven times (!)) and I'd think brought a lot of joy, too, as it is a tremendously satisfying thing to hold in one's hand. Solid brass (I believe brass