McJeep Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McJeep Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denise Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McJeep Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whinewine Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted February 24, 2009 could the first one be a "gaget" to put screens in screen doors? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McJeep Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McJeep Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted February 24, 2009 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 well they could always be parts for a "ray gun" wonder if anyone won it yet == must check Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McJeep Report post Posted February 24, 2009 okay????? officially lost me now LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted February 24, 2009 okay????? officially lost me now LOL Tom Banwell with the steampunk mask made a raygun out of odds and ends (there was a winner for WHICH odds and ends he used) Like a sink facuet - chess rook - air nozzle look up the Pacadermous mask in show off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McJeep Report post Posted February 24, 2009 Tom Banwell with the steampunk mask made a raygun out of odds and ends (there was a winner for WHICH odds and ends he used) Like a sink facuet - chess rook - air nozzle look up the Pacadermous mask in show off Aaaah, now that you mention it, I did see those pics Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hennessy Report post 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. in the english n aussie saddle trade they have a tool they call an edging iron.you heat th point and when it gets fairly hot you push it into a block of bees wax and run it down a dyed edge whilst wax is runny.kinda antiquated these days i think,could be so for thin leather eh pete Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarshalWill Report post Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) You're right about the first tool being a beader. It looks like one for tooling a single bead. I suspect that would be for doing a bead that doesn't follow a knife cut or edge since both sides seem to be the same height. Here are photos of a couple of mine. The other picture shows the bead put on the edge of a design. That bead was done with the smaller of the two in the second photo. Edited March 6, 2009 by MarshalWill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McJeep Report post Posted March 6, 2009 You're right about the first tool being a beader. It looks like one for tooling a single bead. I suspect that would be for doing a bead that doesn't follow a knife cut or edge since both sides seem to be the same height. Here are photos of a couple of mine. The other picture shows the bead put on the edge of a design. That bead was done with the smaller of the two in the second photo. Hah! excellent :0) Good thing cuz that's what I was going to use it for anyway ;0) Thanks :0) Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarshalWill Report post Posted March 7, 2009 Hah! excellent :0) Good thing cuz that's what I was going to use it for anyway ;0) Some tools just make sense, don't they? I use mine a lot. It adds a nice touch to edges of things. To follow an edge, I tip mine slightly toward the beveled side and run it along firmly. On a second pass, it will usually work fine stood straight up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sasquatch Report post Posted March 23, 2009 I think the second tool could be a burnishing wheel of some sort Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
