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Started by Tonee, February 04, 2021, 04:13:50 AM

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Tonee

Because of my interests, I was looking through some information on the internet and I found something peculiar. Those are pictures from the open-air museum in Szymbark, Poland.
They are displaying tools and utensils from centuries ago and although I can name some of them, others left me baffled.
It seems that the former peasants' striving for self-sufficiency abounded in the strangest ideas. In the pictures below I show devices or tools whose purpose I neither know nor can name.
The former seems to be a rodent trap, but the latter? Do you have any ideas?




oldgoaly

The lower pic is of a vise that you used to hold  things while you used another tool to work on them, Foot operated, saddle makers, carpenters, coopers, and many more use them in their trade.
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wvtools

The lower pic is typically called a shaving horse.

oldgoaly

Also heard them called schnitzelbancs by local german & dutch area people.
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Bill Houghton

Quote from: oldgoaly on February 04, 2021, 07:27:56 PM
Also heard them called schnitzelbancs by local german & dutch area people.
Translating as "shaving bench."