Re: Tool ID

I did a search on ideal wire strippers but didn't see one like mine.

Subject: Re: Tool ID Newsgroup: alt.home.repair => R.H.

#239 is an ashtray for "ultra slims" right? ;-)

"R.H." wrote: ...

Can't tell for sure, but there are two possibilities that come to mind--

1. Ground "hitching rail"
2. Windmill weight

I don't really think it is a windmill weight, though, as they were typically more elaborate. I'm not sure about the hitching rail owing to the apparent(?) slot in the weight...what does that actually look like?

I'm not familiar with either of the two possiblities that you mentioned, I'll have to do a little research on them. As for what the slot actually looks like, as you can see in the second photo of this one, it's really just a partial rim around the upper piece that has two breaks, so it looks like a slot when assembled. One possible reason for this is to put different sized washers over the screw to increase the weight, but that's just a guess.

Definitely. Have both of them around here somewhere.

The can opener is a P-38.

Somehow I don't think it is a weight. I am more inclined toward a hanger, with the ball end fitting over a flat bar with holes or slots in the center. Can't think of exactly what for. Don Young

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That's why I asked about the slots...they would be quite unusual for a hitching weight, but many of them were made from whatever was at hand.

I'm still inclined to think it was/is a counter-weight for some piece of machinery...

If you hung it from your Prince Albert, you wouldn't need to buy pills off the internet

I have a pair of those hooks from when I went riding (horses) every week. They fit into loops at the top of my riding boots, enabling me to pull them on easily. They're boot hooks. Mine are identical, grooves and all, to the one in the photo.

Sheila

Correct, it's a boot puller.

This one isn't for flaring pipes.

Correct