Thread: What is this? Competition.

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

Agh. Don's got it.

I'll go have a look for something devious! Oh, wait on - that's me! I'll find something in the shed in a little while . BRB

Originally Posted by donh54

Used for skiving leather - either thinning a strap to a set thickness for reins, etc. or to be stitched together for making stronger straps than an equivalent single thickness (as in for throughbraces, etc.)

Well done that fellow. It is indeed a skiver. My wife bought it 40 years ago off an old man who had owned it for a long time. She made a couple of sets of small horse harness with the aid of this tool. I've just brought the blade back to a razor edge for the first time in years. She used it mainly to taper the ends of leather straps, either to join two lengths or to reduce bulk in an end loop.

See how you go with this. My Grandmother had one (not this exact one, but one like it)

That'll be a Lamb Shank holder,,, my nana had one

Don't know the name of it, but it's for holding the leg bone of a pheasant or similar to allow for carving

Don.

Thumb Screw. My Nana had a collection.

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

Thumb Screw. My Nana had a collection.

Explains a lot...

Originally Posted by Chops

That'll be a Lamb Shank holder,,, my nana had one

That's the money shot! All yours Chops