Can a Hippie Out-Tool a Trucker in a Tyre Changing Contest?

[houlahound]

Use and design.

Ancient but still in use.

 

[Nidum]

Adze

 

[houlahound]

Correct, put more farm boys in hospital than any other hand tool.

Why square the handle? That is almost never seen on other similar tools.

 

[Nidum]

Helps to prevent rotation of the tool shaft in users hands . More often oval in section but same reason .

 

[houlahound]

Can't be the full story cos this similar looking tool used for another app is never seen with a squared handle.

 

[OCR]

If it's...

never seen with a squared handle.

It's a mattock ...

I've never seen a pulaski with a square handle, either...

 

[OCR]

Can't be the full story cos this similar looking tool

Lol... OK, disregard post # 6... I thought we were guessing tools...

 

[houlahound]

Interesting, the Pulaski images I found all have circular handles??

 

[OCR]

Why square the handle?

I'm not sure the handle is actually square... the handle end is square, but that's to retain the head.
A square handle would be really hard to use... I mean, a shovel handle won't even fit my hands...

More often oval in section...

It might be, I tried to enlarge the picture... we'll see if it worked.

Yeah, the handle looks more or less round or oval to me...?

Original picture come https://www.loghomestore.com/1025-long-handled-german-oxhead-adze.php ...?

 

[houlahound]

I wasn't very clear, I was referring to how the handle and head of the adze are coupled.

 

[houlahound]

test 2:

this device had a lot of antique dealers stumped on an antique show I watched.

any guess, bit harder than the last. be obvious when you know.

here is a modern one with dimensions;

 

[Averagesupernova]

test 2:

this device had a lot of antique dealers stumped on an antique show I watched.

any guess, bit harder than the last. be obvious when you know.

here is a modern one with dimensions;

If it is what I think it is it is part of something called a stitching horse. I have built one. It is used in leather craft. I believe they are typically mounted to a chair/bench affair and that whole assembly is called a stitching horse. The leather is clamped in the vise and the awl/needle and thread are pushed through the leather. Usually the jaws of the vise are positioned on the seat so that if you leaned ahead your nose could be tightened in the vise from the sides. The lower pic shows the base going off to the side so I would assume it is designed to mount to a workbench or something instead of mounted to a chair. I built one over 30 years ago and it is still used by the owner several times a week.
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Edit: I wonder if the lower pic has a swivel on the base. Almost looks like it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=stitching+horse&biw=1280&bih=623&tbm=isch&imgil=iFmV4g3dlDmFXM%3A%3Bo5r-74c0bhm1WM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cascity.com%252Fforumhall%252Findex.php%252Ftopic%252C36076.0.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=iFmV4g3dlDmFXM%3A%2Co5r-74c0bhm1WM%2C_&usg=__PorGaEzeZyZ6lEQoxSx0xmAtATE=&ved=0ahUKEwi7s7TonLvQAhVI7IMKHSPXDSoQyjcIKg&ei=G6EzWPu5G8jYjwSjrrfQAg#imgrc=_

 

[Averagesupernova]

Click below to see what I based the one I built on. The one shown only had front legs and I thought it was a bit silly to have to use a chair so I put legs on the back too.

https://www.google.com/search?q=sti...stohlman+stitching+pony&imgrc=UQbUNbPgqOmfOM:

 

[OCR]

I was referring to how the handle and head of the adze are coupled.

Ah, got it...

 

[houlahound]

Click below to see what I based the one I built on. The one shown only had front legs and I thought it was a bit silly to have to use a chair so I put legs on the back too.

https://www.google.com/search?q=stitching+horse&biw=1280&bih=623&tbm=isch&imgil=iFmV4g3dlDmFXM%3A%3Bo5r-74c0bhm1WM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cascity.com%252Fforumhall%252Findex.php%252Ftopic%252C36076.0.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=iFmV4g3dlDmFXM%3A%2Co5r-74c0bhm1WM%2C_&usg=__PorGaEzeZyZ6lEQoxSx0xmAtATE=&ved=0ahUKEwi7s7TonLvQAhVI7IMKHSPXDSoQyjcIKg&ei=G6EzWPu5G8jYjwSjrrfQAg#tbm=isch&q=al+stohlman+stitching+pony&imgrc=UQbUNbPgqOmfOM:

full marks, a leather stitching vice.

the chances a member guessed it and has actually built one - good job.

 

[houlahound]

who's putting up the next hand tool to guess?

 

[jack action]

Made of hardwood and leather. What is it for?

 

[houlahound]

is used to mount sandpaper on?

 

[jack action]

No.

 

[jack action]

It seems there's not a lot of trial, so here is the answer:

Spoiler

It is a slapper for metalworking

 

[houlahound]

give us some hints.

 

[e.bar.goum]

Speaking of ancient (but still in use) tools: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34677838/tool2.jpg

 

[houlahound]

Something to do with hair?

 

[e.bar.goum]

Something to do with hair?

Pretty close!

 

[houlahound]

Weaving?

 

[e.bar.goum]

Without this tool, there would be no weaving, but it is not used directly for weaving.

 

[houlahound]

Preprocessing the fibre ...somehow?

 

[e.bar.goum]

Preprocessing the fibre ...somehow?

Yep! I'm going to give it to you. These are a set of hand combs for fibre. These particular ones would be used for wool, but other fibres will have different sizes and spacings of the teeth. They are used to take locks of wool and (a) line them all up, and (b) remove any short fibres, prior to spinning the fibre and making yarn/thread/rope/string.

Here's a picture of them in action.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34677838/8120441_orig.jpg

Of course, it is possible to make yarn/thread/rope/string without first combing the fibre. You might use a set of cards instead, or just use your hands to open up the lock of wool.

I like to bring up these sorts of tools, because it's worth taking a minute to think about what we'd do in a world without string. No clothes other than leather, no string to make traps with, no sails to explore the world...

 

[Sophia]

That's for combing of the fibre, technical cannabis was used here for ages. First, cannabis had to be dried and combed, then it could be made into strings. I'm sorry a complete description would contain too many unknown English words :)

EDIT: sorry, I see the answer was added while I was writing.

 

[e.bar.goum]

That's for combing of the fibre, technical cannabis was used here for ages. First, cannabis had to be dried and combed, then it could be made into strings. I'm sorry a complete description would contain too many unknown English words :)

EDIT: sorry, I see the answer was added while I was writing.

Yep! The English word for cannabis when used as a fibre is Hemp, by the way. :)