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A. G. Maisey · 11th December 2016, 06:06 AM

It could be for anything at the moment.

I've done a fair bit of leather work, and it is nothing like any modern tools, in fact, it is not really made like a tool:- agate handle, silver fittings, elegant, nice.

I was thinking maybe tapestry needle, maybe something for use in lacing a corset. It has a sort of female feel to it. Maybe even for lacing some sort of boot. Its not all that long ago that people needed to use little hook tools to lace footwear, I've got a couple of these somewhere, and although nothing at all like this thing, the push-through could be an alternate way of lacing boots, rather than the pull-through.

11th December 2016, 06:06 AM	#7
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,700	It could be for anything at the moment. I've done a fair bit of leather work, and it is nothing like any modern tools, in fact, it is not really made like a tool:- agate handle, silver fittings, elegant, nice. I was thinking maybe tapestry needle, maybe something for use in lacing a corset. It has a sort of female feel to it. Maybe even for lacing some sort of boot. Its not all that long ago that people needed to use little hook tools to lace footwear, I've got a couple of these somewhere, and although nothing at all like this thing, the push-through could be an alternate way of lacing boots, rather than the pull-through.