What is it? Set 368

[Rob H.]

I need some help with two of them this week:

[Alexander Thesoso]

[George W Frost]

2120 appears to be a device for flensing flesh of a hide

[George W Frost]

2123, boot heel spikes

[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

Some parts that froze off that famous brass monkey.

LLoyd

[Rob H.]

Mousetrap is correct.

[Rob H.]

It's not for hides but works in a similar manner for something else.

Rob

[Robert]

2119 Money clip 2120 For Cream Style Corn ( pull ears over rake to cut kernels and the flat cuts them from the ear) 2121 Trap or food Shedder 2122 looks like the logo for Western auto co. ( could be a cover for a box) 2123 Cleats for golf or football shoes 2124 Bed knobs for brass bed?

Robert

[Rob H.]

Yes, although they were advertised as being made for people in four different lines of work, two of which are related.

Rob

[Dave Baker]

[whit3rd]

2119: looks like it clamps on a leather belt; maybe a toolholder dangling 'eye' for a heavy tool belt?

2120: fish scaler'cleaner

2122: golf cleats/corks; to screw onto a shoe heel

2124: protective tips for a tusked work animal?

[Rob H.]

Good guess, not exactly correct but in the right ballpark, the answers for this set can be seen at the link below:

[DoN. Nichols]

still not identified.

What I think that it may be is a clasp to join a Sam Browne type belt to a normal belt (the diagonal over-the-shoulder support. You clamp it around the width of the main belt, and hook a loop on the end of the diagonal belt to the loop operated by the lever.

I had to look up what a fleam was -- and don't consider it to be likely to be connected to the clasp.

2121) I had guessed was a small critter trap, though I was not sure that it was specifically for a mouse.

None of the others were in my guessing range.

Enjoy, DoN.

[Rob H.]

Sounds like a good guess, another possibility is that it was part of a horse harness or hames, since it looks like it was made to clamp onto leather and I found a patent for hames under the name Lasher.

Rob