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I think it could be something to do with inlaying leather in a desk top or table, the flame keeps the rabbit glue or hide glue soft and flexible the rake spreads the glue as you roll out the leather, just a guess

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Mike

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According to the man who sold it to me, it is indeed a Victorian glue spreader. I don't fancy connecting it up to a gas bottle and trying it, but it certainly looks as though it would work well.

Nice one Mike!

Ray

"Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps"

Ray Hatley

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First prize goes to the man in clogs.

According to the man who sold it to me, it is indeed a Victorian glue spreader. I don't fancy connecting it up to a gas bottle and trying it, but it certainly looks as though it would work well.

Nice one Mike!

Ray

It will be made to work at mains pressure and it would have been town gas in those days, so butane would work, you can get adjustable pressure regulators or just "crack" the valve, but why risk it

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