What the heck is this...burnisher?

[Rossr]

26 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

woke up from a dead sleep last night 2.00 am my brain said  maybe its for burnishing lace. making round laces from square. four different sizes of round leather laces? 

Lol    that's a heck of a 2 am thought.  Possible I guess.    Seems like this may remain a mystery 

[chuck123wapati]

1 minute ago, Rossr said:

Lol    that's a heck of a 2 am thought.  Possible I guess.    Seems like this may remain a mystery 

lol yea i hate my brain sometimes it coulda been dreaming of hunting, fishing  or just about anything else in the world instead of thinking.  try it on a piece of lace if you can. 

[Handstitched]

@chuck123wapati Some of my best ideas have come to me in the middle of the night, so a bout of  insomnia is not all bad  

I was also wondering if this machine was home made or custom made ?  Perhaps the original owner just couldn't find what they wanted and made their own.  

HS

[Rossr]

19 minutes ago, Handstitched said:

@chuck123wapati Some of my best ideas have come to me in the middle of the night, so a bout of  insomnia is not all bad  

I was also wondering if this machine was home made or custom made ?  Perhaps the original owner just couldn't find what they wanted and made their own.  

HS

We are leaning homemade.  It was well built and made with skill but still may be homemade.  The bits however I'm guessing were commercial but who knows. 

 

Ross

[Cumberland Highpower]

23 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

woke up from a dead sleep last night 2.00 am my brain said  maybe its for burnishing lace. making round laces from square. four different sizes of round leather laces? 

Does anyone burnish lace?   I can't say I've seen any burnished lace in my lifetime...If you wanted to actually do it, I think a vertical burnisher would work better.

Isn't round lace made by pulling square lace through a "die" known as a rounder?     That machine posted above is just a common horizontal burnisher that someone made.  Probably works well overall.

Edited October 20, 2021 by Cumberland Highpower

[Rossr]

Not sure in burnishing lace.

 

But the confusing part to me is all the burnishers I've seen are wood primarily and seen a few plastic hand ones.   So this being a steel bit made me scratch my head.  

[YinTx]

lots of brass and steel burnishers out there, I think even Sam Andrews uses a metal one in his holster shop.

YinTx

[Rossr]

9 minutes ago, YinTx said:

lots of brass and steel burnishers out there, I think even Sam Andrews uses a metal one in his holster shop.

YinTx

I need to get around more 

[Spyros]

You can burnish with pretty much anything, a plastic lighter, a pen, anything with a hard and slick surface. 

All those timber/bone/bullhorn burnishers are just one more of those "for leatherworking" specialist items that don't really have a practical reason of existence.  Other than workshop aesthetics maybe  

[Rossr]

17 minutes ago, Spyros said:

You can burnish with pretty much anything, a plastic lighter, a pen, anything with a hard and slick surface. 

All those timber/bone/bullhorn burnishers are just one more of those "for leatherworking" specialist items that don't really have a practical reason of existence.  Other than workshop aesthetics maybe  

I've got a hunk of deer antler I grab most of the time works great .   That being said I have lots of other ways but that antler ...well that's the one lol