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<p>[QUOTE="KingofThings, post: 159971, member: 468"]Welcome!</p><p>~</p><p>In the vast files of my brain, much like the end shot in Raiders of the Lost Ark <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> , I think I have seen this contraption before and perhaps handled one.</p><p>~</p><p>I suspect it's for working sails, leather or at least some fabric, to penetrate and make a hole to attach/install something be it a grommet, clip or thimble.</p><p>The pointed arched part is very smooth and appears worn as does the adjacent hexagonal part, at least as best I can tell in this photo.</p><p>The wood handle helps with control and pressure and when the point is in far enough the wood handle section is removed by loosening the thumbscrew and withdrawing the pin.</p><p>It could be that the handle is in backwards and should be closer to the knurled handle. It possibly it starts out this way, then is removed and turned around for further penetration though I do doubt it because of the hexagonal shape and the wear noted previously...if that is what I see.</p><p>The trussed area of the hex shaped metal looks to have been beaten to drive this in as well.</p><p>Note that a wrench could be used to hold or turn this part which is likely why it is a hex and not a round tube but with all the leverage of that handle I don't know why it would need that.</p><p>It may also be used to remove something from the materials stated but doesn't seem likely.</p><p>~</p><p>Has anyone ever touched on this possibility?</p><p>~</p><p>If I guessed right do I get to have it? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KingofThings, post: 159971, member: 468"]Welcome! ~ In the vast files of my brain, much like the end shot in Raiders of the Lost Ark ;) , I think I have seen this contraption before and perhaps handled one. ~ I suspect it's for working sails, leather or at least some fabric, to penetrate and make a hole to attach/install something be it a grommet, clip or thimble. The pointed arched part is very smooth and appears worn as does the adjacent hexagonal part, at least as best I can tell in this photo. The wood handle helps with control and pressure and when the point is in far enough the wood handle section is removed by loosening the thumbscrew and withdrawing the pin. It could be that the handle is in backwards and should be closer to the knurled handle. It possibly it starts out this way, then is removed and turned around for further penetration though I do doubt it because of the hexagonal shape and the wear noted previously...if that is what I see. The trussed area of the hex shaped metal looks to have been beaten to drive this in as well. Note that a wrench could be used to hold or turn this part which is likely why it is a hex and not a round tube but with all the leverage of that handle I don't know why it would need that. It may also be used to remove something from the materials stated but doesn't seem likely. ~ Has anyone ever touched on this possibility? ~ If I guessed right do I get to have it? :)[/QUOTE]
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