| US Patent: 591,689 
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| Combination Tool | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | August C. Ponkney (exact or similar names) - Cotulla, TX |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jul. 13, 1897 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 12, 1897 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | August C. Ponkey patent October 12, 1897 |  Google Patents
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| Description: |  | The description notes hammer, nail-claw, hatchet, wire-twister and wire cutter. It was envisioned as a fencing tool.
Corresponding Canadian patent CA-62,007 was granted Dec. 10, 1898. |  |