Larry H Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Here is an interesting tool. Patented in 1897. I owned it for years before I found out what it was for, any guesses ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Greetings Larry, What you have is a shoemakers tools to stretch a portion of a shoe for people with corns... I have a few and it always fools people... Have fun Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry H Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 yes it is ! i wish i posted a pics sooner, and i'll tell you what....it still works like a charm. I wonder if cobblers still use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Bunion stretcher---for some reason I have seen a half dozen of these at the flea market over the years always being sold as "blacksmith's tools" even when the dealer had a whole milk crate of cobblers tools! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knots Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 This one of my favorite tools. After all blacksmiths are on their feet constantly. Consequently I have a 4E foot in a 2E world. There are special stretching solutions that you can purchase however I just wet the area that needs to be streatched and work around the area a bit at a time. I suspect most blacksmiths need one from time to time. That is pretty close to being a blacksmiths tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Any ideas as to what these are? I picked them up at a flea market all rusted, cleaned them up and then quenched in oil for the black finish. They're about 4" from top to bottom, I really don't know what they are other than thinking they were interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Greetings DC, Looks to me like some fish tail C scrolls someone made ... Not hard to duplicate... Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 I was just impressed with how uniform and even both of them were. Guessing they were made with a power hammer or press using a die. At 50 cents each I thought they were worth picking up, at least to save them from rusting away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 (edited) They look like samples off a proprietory made Geman HEBO rolling/scrolling machine, check out some of the online catalogues from Lecky metals, Rourkes, Brundles etc. Now they are made in China and exported universally, For machine details and to open a can of worms/opinions http://www.usahebo.com/#!home/mainPage Edited June 1, 2013 by John B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Those bunion stretchers also come in handy for precise manipulation of hot spherical objects that tongs won`t quite get a good hold on. I hate to modify a good set of tongs for something that I do very infrequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 though generally they are fairly fragile often cast iron as they were only for use with leather---one of the nice dropforged ones would work a treat though. Stretching solution---I thought that was pretty much just alcohol re-bottled and the price ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knots Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 though generally they are fairly fragile often cast iron as they were only for use with leather---one of the nice dropforged ones would work a treat though. Stretching solution---I thought that was pretty much just alcohol re-bottled and the price ++ I tried the wetting solution once and it was not worth the $$$. Been so long I can't remember the contents. But it seems like it was a bit foamy. So when I use mine I sometimes add a little dish washing detergent . In truth water works fine without amendment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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