What is it? Set 515

That's a fun bunch. The wood thing with the metal loops, makes me wonder if it allows to clamp onto existing rope. Telephone guys have a tapered thing, they can clamp onto phone wire, and secure it to a pole. Can't find image on the web. I remember it well enough, I can probably draw one.

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Rob H. fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@drn.newsguy.com:

Rob, You'd have to show me an extreme close-up of that to convince me those are actual vegetable twigs. I have a sense that they're called "twigs" in the vintner's trade, but are really fine two-strand twisted iron wire.

Lloyd

I think you are probably right about them being wire and not really twigs, though the owner used the word twig three times in this description, I'll ask him for clarification.

Good eye! I heard back from the owner who said in the old days they used real twigs but later switched to wire, as is seen in the photo.

Thanks, Rob

How about a straightener for arrows or some other wood shafts? Robin Hood wouldn't have won the contest if he hadn't checked and straightened his arrows. Too much force will damage the wood. The wedge on which the spring is mounted could be slid looser to insert the shaft under the iron at the top, then slid tighter for suitable pressure on the spring.

Den 18-10-2013 03:15, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh skrev:

Sounds fair to me :-)

Interesting theory, unfortunately I can't take a close look at either of the items since I don't own them, if I come across either of them again I'll take some measurements to see if this is feasible.

I saw 3002 last night on a TV show about the RR Bentley.

It was used to stretch and hold leather for inspection and marking for use. The leather was on a perforated sheet-metal table, the nub on the bottom of the tool hooks into the holes in the table.