Featured Antique Shoemakers Tools

Discussion in 'Tools' started by kraftblue, Aug 19, 2018.

  1. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    Picked up this lot at an estate sale. The top tools are some kind of stone. Are they shoemakers tools also?

    shoe1.JPG shoe2.JPG
     
    kraftblue, Aug 19, 2018
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  2. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    They look like lace bobbins and the stone could be tailors chalk.

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    Or Shoemakers Awls :D
     
    daveydempsey, Aug 19, 2018
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  3. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    Thanks Dave
     
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  4. Christmasjoy

    Christmasjoy Well-Known Member

    Could those top stones be small whetstones for sharpening the tools?? .. Joy.
     
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  5. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    Joy, they are shaped pretty precise just to be a sharpening tool
     
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  6. Christmasjoy

    Christmasjoy Well-Known Member

    Oh ...
     
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  7. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    Here are the ends of the stone tools.
    shoe3.JPG
     
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  8. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    The green thing is a top. I have one that belonged to my older brother that looks exactly like it. You wound string around it and let it go quickly.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Sep 6, 2018
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  9. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    On another thread on this site (which I can't seem to find) these type of stone tools were identified as leather shaping tools.
     
    aaroncab, Sep 11, 2018
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  10. all_fakes

    all_fakes Well-Known Member

    They could be used to burnish the edge of a piece of leather, which could be something a shoemaker might do.
    I think my Mom used similar tools in leather-working.
     
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  11. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    It was posted in Antiques Discussion: Stone Tools Revisited. I replied with:
    Just saw this thread, and looked at your previous post. They may be leather creasers, for creating different profiles in damp leather. Usually made from metal nowadays.
     
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  12. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Found a picture of the type of top. The one I have (somewhere) is green like yours wooden-throwing-top.jpg
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Sep 15, 2018
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