Description
This seems to be one of the least common of the Millers Falls “Buck Rogers” period tools — at least, it’s the one I’ve found least frequently. It closely resembles Stanley’s Surform tools, intended for use on woods and plastics. You could also get it with tungsten carbide blades for metal work. It was developed by the industrial designer L. Garth Huxtable, and it was considered such an outstanding piece of work that there is an example in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art. It also received two patents from the USPTO, one for overall design, and the other for the method of securing the cutter.
Handle and knob on this one are in excellent condition. The gray finish is in better shape than it appears to be in the photos — I suspect it will clean up well ( the spots seem to be some kind of adhesive), but I was reluctant to do so given the danger of damaging the decal, so I’ll leave it to you.
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