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| Snap Cap |
Whats it do 5
Any ideas? |
| k9 |
Its a Diddymans Artifical left leg.They where manufactured for the Diddymen who where lost there legs in the Jam Butty mines of Knotty Ash.A rare find indeed Circa 1889
Regards Steve |
| Snap Cap |
An excellent suggestion K9.....but sadly wrong sir! |
| mayfly |
Is it a tool that a cobbler would have in his kit foe making or repairing shoes |
| Poacher |
SWMBO suggests a bark remover, for trees, not dogs 
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| Snap Cap |
Very close there poacher! |
| kent taxidermist |
ISNIT IT A FARRIERS TOOL??? |
| mayfly |
for splitting sticks |
| Poacher |
SWMBO now reckons for taking twigs off branches like a small hand axe????? |
| Snap Cap |
Well its a type of axe used for carving etc and is called an Adze! |
| fish |
give us a bit of time! i was just about to say that!
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| petercharlesfagg |
I think it is an adze and it would have been used for shaping the Elm seats of Windsor chairs.
Peter. |
| fish |
yep thats the one! nice example too! |
| killer5 |
I think ray mears used a flint version for making a bow. |
| dugaboy |
http://farmtools101.blogspot.com/ found this on bb well worth a look cheers |