Q: This tool was in a box of stuff we bought at an auction. We have no idea what it was used for. The blade retracts. This mark with the letters “B” and “M” and a line in the middle of the “B” is stamped on it. It also has the patent date Feb. 23, 1915. Can you tell us what we have?
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