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The pointed end is sharp. It is flat. I usually think of an awl as being round with a pointed end. This is flat with a pointed end. This part of the tool rotates to an end with an eye. It could h...
dav2no1 - I am a knitter. I do not know how this tool would work for knitting. Do you have any suggestions as to other avenues I might use to determine what this tool might have been used for?
With the design of the tool it would be difficult to rotate and hold an item at the same time. The pointed tip rotates from the pointed end to the eye end only. Thanks for the suggestion.
Thank you, dav2no1. I think you are correct that it is a crochet hook. It looks just like # 37. My great aunt did a lot of crocheting and she learned from her mother. It probably belonged to my gr...
I cannot find it on Google Antique stitch ripper. There is nothing sharp to cut the thread with. The hook on the end is very tiny and is not sharp. Can you send me the link to the Google site? Tha...
This is a bodkin. It is used to thread ribbon or threads through trim to embellish a garment. I have one like it, except mine does not have the detail on the slot/eye end of the bodkin. Mine is app...
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