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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: rustyric on September 22, 2018, 05:00:33 PM

Title: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: rustyric on September 22, 2018, 05:00:33 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/iiYELuI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KGQBR5P.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6RU0PYh.jpg)

Title: Re: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: amecks on September 22, 2018, 05:41:41 PM

It looks a lot like a sheet metal bending tool for roofing.  The ones that I've seen are wider and don't have the wafflling.  But it does look like it might be fun at a campfire!

Title: Re: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: Catch22! on September 23, 2018, 12:41:17 AM

I would say a tinsmiths hand bender.  Looks like an old one.

Title: Re: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: rustyric on September 23, 2018, 05:07:38 AM

tinsmiths hand bender - wow I had not thought of that !

Title: Re: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: jimandkc on March 31, 2020, 03:42:14 PM

 These are early wafer tongs. I believe used in early churches.

Title: Re: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: geneg on March 31, 2020, 04:02:45 PM

tinsmith's hand brake,  also used to lock seams.

Title: Re: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: Northwoods on March 31, 2020, 09:03:32 PM

But would make great hot pocket toaster for the Boy Scouts.

Title: Re: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: mvwcnews on April 01, 2020, 09:07:23 AM

Did the "waffle" get re-purposed from a pair of carriage steps?

Title: Re: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: skipskip on April 01, 2020, 10:10:17 AM

with those metal handles, making S'mores could be fun after the first couple

you smell sumtin burnin Looie?

Title: Re: Is this a Blacksmiths sandwich toaster or waffle iron ?
Post by: JoeCB on April 01, 2020, 08:42:29 PM

Defiantly blacksmith judging from the apparent fire burned jaws, but I doubt that it was designed for bending, I say that because of the long thin reins ( handles ) and the very long length of the jaws, features not conducive to leverage needed to bend metal. If it was for closing a folded seam, I guess that would have had to be hot work using hammer blows on the closed jaws. Other than that - no guess. Smiths were always making special purpose tongs for a given job. Look at pix of old smithies and you see walls lined with different tongs.

Joe B