1400) O.K. I have a question. Are the brass (or possibly bronze)
pieces free to rotate on the axis defined by the handles?


I can't say for sure but I think they are free to rotate, I'll check
the
next time I see this tool. It says "patent applied for" on it, so I
did a
Google patent search on quite a few different descriptions but didn't
have
any luck.


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Rob