Found in the garage

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I broke the split end of a pawl last week. That gave me two broken tools. I thought I had a few loose ones. As I was going through some boxes I found them and next to the two loose pawls I came across 20 more Pawls. Go figure, you need two, find twenty two.

Oh well, fixed my two tools and took some pictures. The label was missing off the opened pack. But I would guess they were the same. The sealed package is marked Howard Clock Products Inc.

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[Tired Retired]

Jim, ole' buddy, ole' pal of mine.... I sure am glad that you and I get along soooo good! Say, thats some really good luck finding all those extra pawls like that. It will keep someone from sending off to that guy in France to get a couple of replacements... you know, I was just thinking about what it takes to help an ole' friend out sometimes... you know, share and share-alike kind of friends....


LOL


Dude, you just KNOW you are going to find 20 people who are your best friends who didn't even say hello to you last week!

Have fun with the emails!


Oh, and that is great luck... I wish I could do that with $100 bills!!!!! Congrats!

[USGI]

I paid $45 for a spare at the gun show on Saturday. It came with the rest of the tool, but the rest of it isn't much good without a pawl! - Bob

[gsimmons]

E. Howard goes back to the early 1850's. He worked with Waltham early then founded his own company. He made high grade clocks and watches and is very highly regarded. Howard clocks and watches are very collectable.

[DaveHH]

They made really beautiful watches but nowhere near what the original E.Howards were like. Interesting that even a small company like this would find plenty of work during the war.

I DID just pay the French guy $18......oh well, c'est la Vie

[gsimmons]

My favourite watches are E Howard's. I really like the series I and II.

[A. F Medic]

Uniformed here. Describe what a pawl is. Soething to keep a gear from moving? Also what is that tool with the carbine mags? A Loader? Thanks!

[emmagee1917]

The picture is a pawl , your carbine mags are two rows of pawls in the grease . The pawl is about a inch long ( or less ) . It goes on the bolt disassembling tool to depress the extractor spring & plunger so as to be able to remove the extractor an disassemble the bolt and to insert the extractor when re-assembling the bolt. If care is not taken , you can break an ear off , making your tool useless . Spare pawls on the loose are the carbine's hen teeth.
Chris

[A. F Medic]

Thanks! Very clear now. Never took a bolt apart before. Watching for pawls in auctions now.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

To take a bolt apart you need to be watching for a bolt tool in auctions. Most guys with one or two carbines won't need an extra pawl, the tool is not used that much and should be OK. It's the guy who takes a lot of bolts apart that come accross this issue and might need an extra pawl lying around.

The Pawl is the part of the bolt tool that swivels, shown on the left side.
The bolt goes into the tool with pin you see against the ejector.
Swivel the pawl into place on the extractor plunger. You notice the plunger has a ledge cut into it.
Tighten the thumb screw and the pawl compresses the extractor spring and pushes the extractor plunger out of the way.
Then you can push the extractor out from the back side and pull out the firing pin.
Assembly in just the reverse.
Now if you want to remove the spring and plunger you release the thumb screw while the extractor and firing pin are out. Do this slowly as the plunger likes to go flying. Some place it in a baggie. Inspect, clean, lube, whatever. Then you need to put it back together. Not hard, but can be tricky. The split end on the pawl holds the plunger because of the ledge in the position you want for reassembly. Over time and use, or just tightening too hard the split end of the pawl breaks off. Everyone does it. Everyone gets upset about it because the darn pawls are hard to find.
That was the reason for the post.
Jim