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[Ed Kennell 36,157]

Not it's purpose Cas, but I might try it on my next taxidermy project.

[posifour11 723]

59 minutes ago, LengerichKA88 said:

http://www.dentalassistantschools.net/blog/13-creepy-old-school-dental-instruments/

 

Incase ones mouth doesn’t already hurt enough. 

Ouch!

[LengerichKA88 1,881]

15 minutes ago, posifour11 said:

Ouch!

Right? 😂 

 

I would’ve risked the deadly infection and let all my teeth rot in my head back then 

[formariz 11,908]

Is it function scraping?. Has only one edge and on rounded tip. Little handle is to help guiding it? Or is it used in scoring something as it is guided by a straight edge ?

Edited May 10, 2019 by formariz

[Ed Kennell 36,157]

1 hour ago, formariz said:

Is it function scraping?. Has only one edge and on rounded tip. Little handle is to help guiding it? Or is it used in scoring something as it is guided by a straight edge ?

Not a scraper.      Little handle helps use it.   Not for scoring or guided by a straight edge.   Sorry, no cigars for Cas.

 

Hint,  Mrs. K's Grandmother used this tool in the factory where she worked in the 1920s.

[formariz 11,908]

Textile factory?

[formariz 11,908]

Shoe factory?

[formariz 11,908]

looks like perhaps only tip was used to cut. Bakery ? Cutting shaping thin dough?

[LengerichKA88 1,881]

Is it a peeler of some kind? 

Whats the overall length? 

[Ed Kennell 36,157]

Not a bakery tool.

If you get this without any help, you deserve a box of cigars..

[formariz 11,908]

I want to talk to Mrs. K, she may be more helpful!

[Ed Kennell 36,157]

1 minute ago, LengerichKA88 said:

Is it a peeler of some kind? 

Whats the overall length? 

Here comes help Cas.

 

not a peeler and 9" long.

[Ed Kennell 36,157]

2 minutes ago, formariz said:

I want to talk to Mrs. K, she may be more helpful!

If you don't get it by tomorrow, I'll post her phone number.

[LengerichKA88 1,881]

Woman working in a factory in the 20’s, not a textile factory, but was it a clothing manufacturer? 

(I kinda hope not because I can’t think of anything along those lines😂)

 

I know women worked in munitions plants during the war, but not how long if at all after....but can’t think of anything along those lines either.

 

Left field guess: Is it for cutting semi soft materials such as soaps, waxes, lard, butter, cheese, or any other similar substances? 

Edited May 10, 2019 by LengerichKA88

[LengerichKA88 1,881]

Dang it

[formariz 11,908]

Used to cut the hair singeing tapers to length?

[Ed Kennell 36,157]

Your crackin me up Cas, what are you smoking? 

My Grandmother in Law lived in Red Lion, Pa. and worked in Windsor, Pa.

 

[LengerichKA88 1,881]

Is it a tobacco knife? 

[formariz 11,908]

definitely something to do with tobacco.

[formariz 11,908]

cigar box opener.

[Ed Kennell 36,157]

Did you both find that in Red Lion and Windsor?

[LengerichKA88 1,881]

My guess is that it was either used to cut the leaf from the plant, or to cut the rolled and cured leaf. 

[LengerichKA88 1,881]

1 minute ago, Ed Kennell said:

Windsor

 

[formariz 11,908]

That is it a cigar box/crate opener

[Ed Kennell 36,157]

There were several clues in my posts  ….box of cigars, smoking,  Windsor.