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Use and design.
Ancient but still in use.
It's a mattock ...houlahound said:never seen with a squared handle.
Lol... OK, disregard post # 6... I thought we were guessing tools...houlahound said:Can't be the full story cos this similar looking tool
I'm not sure the handle is actually square... the handle end is square, but that's to retain the head.houlahound said:Why square the handle?
It might be, I tried to enlarge the picture... we'll see if it worked.Nidum said:More often oval in section...
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.houlahound said: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.
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here is a modern one with dimensions;
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Ah, got it...houlahound said:I was referring to how the handle and head of the adze are coupled.
full marks, a leather stitching vice.Averagesupernova said: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:
Pretty close!houlahound said:Something to do with hair?
houlahound said:Preprocessing the fibre ...somehow?
Sophia said: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.
That's it! :)e.bar.goum said:Lace bobbins! For making bobbin lace with.
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It's still a tool! If you look at the components, it's not too hard to work out the kind of thing it is.houlahound said:Looks too sciencey for this thread...no fair.
I'm calling a foul ball.
Bingo. I guess that means its your turn to provide a tool!OCR said:It's an alignment telescopes manufactured by Taylor Hobson.
The micro http://www.taylor-hobson.com/products/27/108.html#Micro-Alignment-Telescopes-with-built-in-optical-micrometers2 allows the user to set reference lines of sight for applications such as the alignment and measurement of bearings and bores.houlahound said:For??
Could be one of these, also.houlahound said:Hint, mostly worn as a waist belt.
Must be a Surcingle Belt, then...?houlahound said:and I meant human waist not horse waist in my hint.
Lol... I don't know, unless it's some part of a safety harness ...houlahound said:Nope...getting colder.