M. Reich's Beautiful Old Solid Brass Mitering Tool (?) vintage kachina doll and the remnants of old

and the remnants of old green paint (a bit hard to see in photos

I found and quickly sold three birds by Yves Robitaille several months ago

with a bit of a mid-century feeling about it

sharpening what looks like a knife but perhaps is some other tool on this grinding wheel

flat metal pin and are fairly easily found) to open

M. Reich's Beautiful Old Solid Brass Mitering Tool (?) vintage kachina doll and the remnants of oldI can't find another tool quite like this, but it sure is a beautiful thing. My guess is that it is a mitering tool of some sort, and I wonder perhaps if M. Reich was perhaps a frame maker? Whatever the case, I have to think Reich valued it a great deal, stamping it with his (or her) name a total of seven times (!)) and I'd think brought a lot of joy, too, as it is a tremendously satisfying thing to hold in one's hand. Solid brass (I believe brass