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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: chips on March 01, 2016, 05:24:10 PM

Title: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: chips on March 01, 2016, 05:24:10 PM

No makers mark on it anywhere.

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: Papaw on March 01, 2016, 06:16:34 PM

I think we saw one of those here in the past. I don't remember what we decided it was.

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: oldgoaly on March 01, 2016, 06:23:58 PM

I have one and a more round one too
No idea what they are!

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: chips on March 01, 2016, 06:51:12 PM

Hmmm.  At first I thought it may be used as a stamp or mold for candy. 

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: Guido Salvage on March 01, 2016, 06:58:07 PM

Quote from: chips on March 01, 2016, 06:51:12 PM

Hmmm.  At first I thought it may be used as a stamp or mold for candy.

Perhaps a leather stamping tool? Like Sgt. Schultz, "I know nothing"...

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: Sudsy on March 01, 2016, 09:49:24 PM

for doing a raised wax seal ?

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: oldgoaly on March 02, 2016, 01:17:15 PM

not smooth on the inside, no detail other than a few ribs
no wax residue on mine. mine are cast iron so could it be a foundry mark?  one's I've seen are usually numbered and have good detail.  Mine show no signs of being hit with a hammer or mallet to mark something like leather.
To me they look like they maybe some type of holder? wax holds the "part" to the holder?
Glad someone else has one so I know they are not a local thing!
Chips you are not in Southern Illinois are you?

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: chips on March 02, 2016, 01:35:23 PM

Quote from: oldgoaly on March 02, 2016, 01:17:15 PM

Chips you are not in Southern Illinois are you?

No, I picked this up in central Wisconsin. 

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: Sudsy on March 02, 2016, 03:01:52 PM

I'm just throwing this out there, but....... Could they have something to do with the decorative tacks used to nail down upholstery ? Perhaps a tool to imprint the pattern into a brass tack ?

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: oldgoaly on March 02, 2016, 04:44:04 PM

that was one thing I thought of but?  would they not be hammered in?
thought maybe decorative buttons for leather but haven't done much leather work and haven't seen them in interenet searches for leather tools.

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: Aunt Phil on March 02, 2016, 04:51:24 PM

Gimp tacks (official name) leave the factory with the fancy head.  The strip of fabric or upholstery material they hold on to hide the tacks holding the fabric on is called Gimp.

Proper driving of gimp tacks is done with a rubber or rubber faced hammer.

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: wvtools on March 04, 2016, 09:40:06 PM

I know larger gesso molds are made of a hard wood.  Could it be a small gesso mold?  I have had those before and they have showed up here in the whatsit section, but I cannot remember if there was ever a concensus.

Title: Re: What's this wood handled tool
Post by: Aunt Phil on March 04, 2016, 10:00:19 PM

OK, I'm only going to say this once.
NOLA DON'T LOOK you're too young.

They are pastie installers.