Thomas Conroy wrote:
> This whatsit turned up in a bindery, but a query on Jeff 
> Peachey's blog brought no recognition from bookbinders:
> http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/

That looks like it might be for marking out an ellipse (I think) by 
running a pencil or perhaps an awl, along the string.

It seems I'm all for wild speculation today!

regards, Peter

Peter Robinson
in Brisbane, Australia
still slowly working on my spokeshave index
http://peterrobinson.galootcentral.com/spokeshaves/
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