An unusual Sat

Paul...When I first saw the photo of your sight screwdriver, it looked like someone turned a flat blade into a hollow ground blade.
Bill
No doubt in my mind…. Flat grind on the left, hollow grind on the right. Sorry for the poor photo.

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I've been picking up Sat's from this local dealer for over a decade. He used to work at S&W before opening his gun shop.

Some of the reason I'm as sure as I can be that it did come from S&W.

Paul,
That’s a very interesting SAT. The fact that your source worked at S&W provides some clues.

It very well may may have come out of the factory, but we would probably have seen others if it went into production. We’ll probably never know.

It may have been a prototype or it may have been an employee modification. Flat grind (chisel point) SAT’s/screwdrivers are less than ideal for precision screws and tend to bugger up the grooves. Regardless, it’s pretty cool!
 

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David can you post a picture of the top of the flat grind ones ?
Interested to see how it compares to this one.

I think Lee may have hit the most plausible explanation of its existence.
The top is what's throwing me off vs the HG ones

The prototype idea may explain the packaging though.
Smith didnt make these themselves did they ?

Everyone's been very helpful on this poor little guy.
 
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Not rare but modified. From the factory it came with a straight tapered blade. The blade tip has been hollow ground like the last version of SATs.

Yours started life like the 2nd one from the right. But modified to the improved hollow ground version, first one on the right.

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Great photo!!!

Curious where the value/pricing is on each of these SAT's currently??
 
Thanks David
I definitely see the hole being larger than this one.
I can't quite tell about the flatness comparison at the tops 3 may be and one may be more domed?
 
Well it's kinda off topic but this SAT reminds me of that previously talked-about Humpback Hammer on the "I" frame gun. They both look factory but they are the only known examples of such an occurrence. They're both either incredibly rare or fine examples of mechanical adaptation.

Roger
 
Thanks for then educational discussion. It is good to see an informed and perceptive discussion with civility all around.
All my screwdrivers are from Brownells. Now I have something else S&W that I need.
 
What everyone is forgetting is the people that worked at the factory made things that they needed. This SAT is not a prototype, no more than this one with the elongated handle is. If you all knew what went on there, you'd be amazed. I held a 10 inch model 14 that was owned by S&W Pistol Team shooter Norman St. Germain. Like I said, if there was a need it was made.
 

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I sure don't disagree with that Don.
It is odd it's in a package though.
Well at least to me it is.
Also if I were to make something up it would be to use at least once.
 
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