Members McJeep Posted February 24, 2009 Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) I was just lucky enough to be given a few tools from a friend (they were his aunt's) A few stamps, mostly ones I had but better quality (everything's from the fifties) and these things that I'm not sure about. I figure that the one is for running a double bead on leather? But the other ones (I have 3 of them) have me baffled - mebbe something to do with lacing? The hole through the middle is larger at one end than the other and the ring around the middle is made of a heavy rubber. For all any of us know, it might not be a leather tool at all but just something that ended up in the box. LOL Any help's appreciated :0) Rob Edited February 24, 2009 by McJeep Quote "I gotta have more cowbell!" Cristopher Walken - SNL
Suze Posted February 24, 2009 Report Posted February 24, 2009 I wonder if those 3 brass things are "weights" for braiding are they all alike in size (like they would be a set of something) Quote Reality is for people who lack imagination Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. ~Henry Ford
Members McJeep Posted February 24, 2009 Author Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 I wonder if those 3 brass things are "weights" for braiding are they all alike in size (like they would be a set of something) Hmmmmm, that would make sense - not solid brass but they do have some heft to them - yup, all look identical Quote "I gotta have more cowbell!" Cristopher Walken - SNL
Contributing Member Denise Posted February 24, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted February 24, 2009 They look a lot like the weights on the ends of the curtain pulls at my parent's house when I was a very young child. The rubber eventually cracked away so the metal hit the wall when you closed the curtains. Before that the rubber protected the walls. No idea if that is right or not. Just what they reminded me of. Quote
Members McJeep Posted February 24, 2009 Author Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 They look a lot like the weights on the ends of the curtain pulls at my parent's house when I was a very young child. The rubber eventually cracked away so the metal hit the wall when you closed the curtains. Before that the rubber protected the walls. No idea if that is right or not. Just what they reminded me of. LOL that makes perfect sense too, I think I remember things like that (implying that I don't remember a lot of my youth, not that you're older than me ;0) It would explain the taper of the hole so the knot would be hidden inside the weight. the answer is out there hehehe Quote "I gotta have more cowbell!" Cristopher Walken - SNL
Members whinewine Posted February 24, 2009 Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 The first one looks like a tool a bookbinder would use, simply because there is not a lot of depth to it, & it seems to be more dull & rounded than a creaser tends to be. While it could be a creaser, bookbinders generally use tools that don't have a lot of depth, because the leathers they work with are VERY thin as opposed to the thicknesses leathercrafters generally work with. Pure speculation on my part... What the others are, I don't have a clue. Quote
Suze Posted February 24, 2009 Report Posted February 24, 2009 could the first one be a "gaget" to put screens in screen doors? Quote Reality is for people who lack imagination Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. ~Henry Ford
Members McJeep Posted February 24, 2009 Author Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 Wine - I know that the previous owner was fond of making purses etc - you might be right on the being used for thinner leathers thing Suze - I don't think so - I have one of those and they have wheels on em instead of grooves - that and this would be pretty fancy to use for doing that type of work Keep the ideas comin folks! We'll figure this out LOL I'm really starting to think that the curtain pull weights might be what the other things are Quote "I gotta have more cowbell!" Cristopher Walken - SNL
Suze Posted February 24, 2009 Report Posted February 24, 2009 Wine - I know that the previous owner was fond of making purses etc - you might be right on the being used for thinner leathers thingSuze - I don't think so - I have one of those and they have wheels on em instead of grooves - that and this would be pretty fancy to use for doing that type of work Keep the ideas comin folks! We'll figure this out LOL I'm really starting to think that the curtain pull weights might be what the other things are ok - will give on that one and I think the curtain pulls might be right -- although I could use them for braid weights as well. I'm a crafter, NOTHING is safe, and there is a second use for everything Quote Reality is for people who lack imagination Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. ~Henry Ford
Members McJeep Posted February 24, 2009 Author Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 NOTHING is safe, and there is a second use for everything Absolutely 200% agree - ergo they will not go out in the garbage, but hide somewhere in my shop for decades till I come up with a good use for them LOL Quote "I gotta have more cowbell!" Cristopher Walken - SNL
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