Posted 10 years ago
TeddyBarky
(5 items)
Hello,
I was hoping somebody may help identify what this tool is and it's purpose. It has a removable clip of some kind as shown in picture 2.
It also has enscribed:
Willets
Patent
No 17304
ENGL_06
I look forward to hearing any responses
Thank you
Stuart
The UK doesn't appears to have old patents available online.
Has me stumped!
Stuart I think this is an early hair straightener.
Of course not! No idea...but I love old tools. They just ask you to hold them and move them and admire the workmanship in them.
My thinking is it's a razor stropping machine (tool), Samuel Willitt in the UK may be it's maker.
T A
It"s hard to guess from photo's and not being able to see what type of movment the mechanism makes, but I think Tube Amp may be on to something. You might try fitting an old Razor Blade in the clip and experiment with the movement.