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What is it? CLXXIX
Jul 19, 2007
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1037 - razor blade hone /mark
1037 is a razor blade stropping / resharperning device. Quite clever as it picks the arm up and turns the blade over and sets it back onto the leather disk to strop the other side.
1037. Tortilla plane. 1038. Hippo tooth puller. For small hippos. 1039. Baby tongs for mean babies. 1040. Inverted disco-ball. The mirrors are INSIDE! Wow, man. 1041. Wood-acid battery, for starting carriages. 1042. It's a well-known fact that the shingle hammer was invented nearly 100 years before shingles.
1042: Never saw one quite like it, but it's a shingling hatchet. The steps or gauge lines allow you to set the right exposure for the shingle.
John Martin
Probably correct, but I haven't been able to confirm it yet; Mark and Dan are right about the first one being a razor sharpener.
I added some additional info to the site about two of the pieces:
1039. This tool was used on a farm but not with animals, and it's missing the straps that went through the holes on the end.1041. This device was photographed at the Trap Hall of Fame.
Rob
1041 Oh... Now I can make a guess... A thing to release a live bird. A string pulls the pin, the sides flip open, the bird flies, and the shooter skilfully converts the bird to feathers and bloody bits.
1039: Stump puller maybe? Dave
1037: Razor strop 1042: Slater's hammer
this time only one silly guess ...
1041 maybee some kind of stuff used by handloading / reloading people, for casting their own bullets.greetings from germany chris
Correct, it's a live bird trap.
Rob
It's not for stumps but there is a piece of wood involved.
Rob
1039 How about a tree climber. You pull yourself up by it ?
Nope, it's not a tree climber. It's used by farmers of a specific crop.
Rob
How about for skidding out christmas trees?
Nope, it's not for any type of tree.
Rob
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