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arwkrite
16-10-2009, 11:48
Not me , this implement shown in the pictures. This was found in the Ponsonby Arms, Llangollen many years ago and no one has a clue what it is...Any ideas ?
Photos are the property of db84124 who put them out on the Birmingham Forum so the object may be identified.

Conrad
16-10-2009, 11:52
Weird indeed, looks about the size of a jaw, how odd. Best guess is that it is some sort of fish gutter, but I am guessing I'm not the first to say that.

arwkrite
16-10-2009, 11:56
I am waiting for someone to say a piecrust crimper. The closest I have found is a Nettle Hook but not quite the same.

Soup Dragon
16-10-2009, 12:53
i will try a few avenues that i know, see what comes up, but may take a while

Oggwyn Trench
16-10-2009, 18:36
Many years ago i lived next door to a cobbler (his shop is now at Blists Hill Muesum) and this reminds me of some of his tools for shaping leather .
Being found in a pub though , it could have something to do with cooperage .

Oggwyn Trench
16-10-2009, 20:41
After a bit of poking around , i think it may be a Farriers Drawing Knife .

arwkrite
17-10-2009, 10:08
Thank you for your headscratching.The favourite idea at the moment is a butter curler. If you think back butter was tranported in barrels so the idea could be a starter. The butter would need to be scrapedout.

I will pass on the Farriers Drawing Tool.

It reminds me of those nasty looking implements official tortuers used when pulling bits out of unfortunate souls whilst they were still alive. I doubt it is anything that interesting even though it was found in Wales.

Conrad
17-10-2009, 11:00
It reminds me of those nasty looking implements official tortuers used when pulling bits out of unfortunate souls whilst they were still alive. I doubt it is anything that interesting even though it was found in Wales.
An Englishman could have left it behind ;)

Eddie86
17-10-2009, 11:10
My stab at it has already been said - butter curler. And the Welsh are boring? I think I better send Cardiff Uni's Netball team up :D

arwkrite
17-10-2009, 11:39
Mid Wales used to be one of my favourite and most visited areas but sadly with my mrs problem there are not enough stopping places if you get my meaning. Now its just the occasional run to a caravan park, drop off or pick up an aged relative or friend then straight back.I rarely get the chance to revisit some very nice pubs that I know exist both inland and along the coast.
North Wales was popular with me back in the '70s and '80s but it seemed to go down market and we found the hotels poor value for money. Llandudno is the only Whetherspoons were I have been refused a change of a bad drink.The Scotch was undrinkable.

Cardiff is our port of call now. Its nice and flat, wide pavements mostly in good order and a really good selection of pubs. Can be scary at night just like any big town.Interesting places nearby.

Wales boring? Never.

Soup Dragon
17-10-2009, 12:19
My stab at it has already been said - butter curler. And the Welsh are boring? I think I better send Cardiff Uni's Netball team up :D

please Ed, will let you know when the wife is away:D

aleandhearty
17-10-2009, 16:52
Not me , this implement shown in the pictures. This was found in the Ponsonby Arms, Llangollen many years ago and no one has a clue what it is...Any ideas ?



My stab at it has already been said - butter curler.

I'm pretty certain it's a butter curler. If you look at the following, I think you'll agree the similarity is striking:

http://fantes.com/images/23021butter.jpg


Available new for the sum of $6.99.

Oggwyn Trench
17-10-2009, 17:39
I think im in the butter curler camp now , the old farriers knives i looked at were the same shape and size but lack the serated edge .

arwkrite
17-10-2009, 21:26
Thanks to everybody . I have passed it all on and the consensus is its a butter curler.

Anybody else found anything wierd and wonderful in a pub? I found my mrs but I dont think she counts.

Soup Dragon
27-10-2009, 12:16
I will send you a pm with some details, but yes, the musuem i approached has confirmed what it is - they know of somone who maybe able to be more specific as to maker etc, depending on markings - so will send you stuff to pass on

arwkrite
27-10-2009, 23:37
Many Thanks Mr.Arch. Have passed on the information and that person has e-mailed the specialist in question. The owner of the butter curler is right impressed with our persistance and doggedness. I must say it gives me many hours of enjoyment tracking down information for a poster whose thread has caught my interest. This way I come across a whole host of inconsequential rubbish to litter my already tip of a memory.

Regards from the dustbinman.....Arwkrite

Soup Dragon
29-10-2009, 12:27
Many Thanks Mr.Arch. Have passed on the information and that person has e-mailed the specialist in question. The owner of the butter curler is right impressed with our persistance and doggedness. I must say it gives me many hours of enjoyment tracking down information for a poster whose thread has caught my interest. This way I come across a whole host of inconsequential rubbish to litter my already tip of a memory.

Regards from the dustbinman.....Arwkrite

I bet you loved Ask the Family - with the photo round on objects from wierd angles!