Posted 11 years ago
Meemawsher…
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Cast iron and wood handle
Folds flat or opens up
Teeth on wide edge
Sharp spike on moveable piece with spikes
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Looks like an old carpet layers tool. But could be for something else
I think tom called it, it looks like a carpet stretcher.
Thanks tom61375 I looked it up and that's what it is
You are very welcome. These old tools are keepers, a great relic from yester-years ago! =)
I saw one of these at an antique fair last weekend and it appeared to be much too flimsy to be a carpet stretcher. One end has multiply teeth like you might see on a carpet stretcher but the other has a single tooth that would gouge whatever it was digging into if significant force was put on it.
What is the source of the carpet stretcher identification?
US patent 178593
https://www.google.com/patents/US178593?dq=patent+june+13,1876&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VG_YU8-QG9GNyAS3voDoBQ&ved=0CB8Q6wEwAA
Thanks walksoftly, hard to argue with a patent; although it still seems like lousy design.
1876 - you can only imagine what the improvement was