Members jirohus Posted September 24, 2015 Members Report Posted September 24, 2015 Been using this as a modeling spoon but not kinda curious what it is really for. Any ideas? Quote
Members YinTx Posted September 25, 2015 Members Report Posted September 25, 2015 no idea at all, but a photo might change that... YinTx Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted September 25, 2015 Contributing Member Report Posted September 25, 2015 Air guitar. Quote
Members jirohus Posted September 25, 2015 Author Members Report Posted September 25, 2015 Sorry, couldn't figure out how to add a picture. But air guitar is a damn good guess, lol! Quote
Members howie696 Posted September 25, 2015 Members Report Posted September 25, 2015 It looks like a blackhead remover Quote
Members johnv474 Posted September 25, 2015 Members Report Posted September 25, 2015 That is almost certainly an edge beveler. Some of them were push/pull bevelers, and could be used in either direction. Quote
mlapaglia Posted September 25, 2015 Report Posted September 25, 2015 blackhead remover, does not look sharp like an edge beveler would be. Quote
Members kiwican Posted September 25, 2015 Members Report Posted September 25, 2015 according to my leather craft tools book by Al Stohlman that is a Bisonette edger "and were used by the early saddle and harness makers" and they can be used in a pushing and pulling motion like Johnv474 has stated Quote
Members penguineer Posted September 25, 2015 Members Report Posted September 25, 2015 A bisonette edger would be larger and have sharpened edges around the hole(sharpened by running a round file across the bottom face) as well as not having as much of a "cup". Handle is wrone for a bisonette as well - should be larger, it does the same work as a regular edge bevelled and should be held roughly the same. I'm going with blackhead remover https://www.google.com.au/search?q=blackhead+remover+tool But if it works as a modelling spoon/tool, use it! Cheers! Quote
Members howie696 Posted September 25, 2015 Members Report Posted September 25, 2015 My daughter is a doctor and has one in her kit for pimples and blackheads - make sure it's clean :-) Quote
Members penguineer Posted September 25, 2015 Members Report Posted September 25, 2015 Been thinking about some of those loop style blackhead removers that show up in the image search and wondering if they would be good for pulling lacing through slits and similar(yes I know a lacing needle is proper, but sometimes............). Hmmmm..... Cheers! Quote
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