Title: Another one to guess? Post by: Neil on January 28, 2010, 11:36:34 PM Any ideas on this one peeps! I picked it up at a car boot sale - about a hundred years old and made of bone with a brass pin! I know what it was used for, but do you?
Any ideas? Neil Title: Re: Another one to guess? Post by: Legacy Hunter on January 28, 2010, 11:44:34 PM is it a hair clip
debs Title: Re: Another one to guess? Post by: bymatt666 (byron) on January 29, 2010, 12:25:28 AM i think it's to open the fingers on a glove to put talc in them....byron
Title: Re: Another one to guess? Post by: PHIL YNYSBOETH on January 29, 2010, 12:44:50 AM I believe its from the turn of the century and it was used my arthritic Chinaman who could no longer use traditional chopsticks :P
Title: Re: Another one to guess? Post by: Neil on January 29, 2010, 09:07:43 AM I like your idea Phil! :D ;D :D
Byron is one the money though! Thats exactly what it was used for - a glove stretcher. Well done mate - no prize just the kudos. Neil Title: Re: Another one to guess? Post by: Legacy Hunter on January 29, 2010, 12:01:00 PM give us another one neil i enjoy these
debs Title: Re: Another one to guess? Post by: cardiff bats (Paul) on January 29, 2010, 12:14:58 PM ARE THEY TWEEZERS ???
Title: Re: Another one to guess? Post by: zorro on February 23, 2010, 06:09:24 PM chop sticks for non chopstick users??
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