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Posted 10 years ago
geezil
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Metal head, cast iron?, wooden handle with brass? ferrule joining head and handle, weighs approx. 13 or 14 ounces. Found when cleaning out a barn in Tennessee. Anyone have any idea what it is or what it was used for ?
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If more pictures are needed just let me know. Thanks.
Looks like a gear box shifter with the handle upside down... just a guess. RER
Looks like a cog wrench to me.
I'm thinking possibly a leather working tool.
What ever it is, it has a small hammer/pick like look to it. I was thinking a vintage bar tenders ice, multi-tool, but have not found a look alike yet. Any trade marks on it geezil?
Having been found in an old barn I would still think cog tool. Looks like it would mesh with the gears on a fly wheel to back it off when equipment jambs.
Rustfarm has it right, leather working tool, for shoe making. I have an assortment of these, all French-made cordonnier's tools, which I picked up on a brocante for 5€ for 40 or so pieces.
M
Great verretcheque! Now can you tell us how it is used in the show making process, and give us a picture or link of it? Thanks
Sorry shoe came out as show, old age syndrome i guess
Not being a shoe maker, not absolutely certain bit I believe this was used on the leather around the welt. These were heated on a small stove and pressed on to the welt, which ridged, would help shed water. I'll go do some checking, and come back to you shortly.
http://dyedinred.blogspot.fr/2010/08/cobbler-tools.html
2nd image far right, similar tool.
M
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/3415616_three-cobblers-tools
This appears, it seems, to be a glazing iron.
I would say this one has been solved "geezil" and you can mark it as such. Thanks for the extra effort "verretcheque"!
No problem. My grand-father was a shoe-maker at Kays Shoes, Kendal, Westmoreland, in the early 1900s. Always been interested in what he did, and I love quality bench-made shoes.
M
Woooh! Another great solve, Verretcheque!
Très polyvalent ;-))
Merci, vous êtes très gentille avec moi. Il n'y a pas des sujets pas intéressantes, seulement les gens qui ne sont pas intéressé. H.G Wells, je pense.
and Mer-de, pas Wells mais G.K. Chesterton.......
"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."
:) :)
M
Mystery solved thanks to rustfarm & verretcheque and thanks to everyone else who offered input.
Welcome To CW:)
Thanks Trey.