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274819 Joshua Clark <jclark@h...> 2021‑11‑23 Tool Mystery
Galoots-

These photos came to me from a tool museum in Australia. They have been unable
to identify it and I'm equally stumped. Any ideas?

https://groups.io/g/oldtools/album?id=270185

Thanks!
Josh
274820 Bridger Berdel <bridgerberdel@g...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
That's the nicest one of those I've ever seen.


Haven't a clue...
274821 Phil Schempf <philschempf@g...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
Curious.  It looks like a boot jack, but that doesn't account for the extra
bits.The brass "legs" are battered a bit on their tips.  Attention was paid
to clocking the screws.  All I got.

Phil
274822 Mike Rock <mikerock@m...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
Are there any more photos?  This is only part of the instrument.....  be 
nice to see the rest.
274823 Joshua Clark <jclark@h...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
That's all I have.

I can't tell if the wooden part is simply a case for the tools held inside
or if it serves some purpose.
274824 Peter McBride <peter_mcbride@b...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
That is a folding boot jack with boot hooks. The hooks have lost some of 
the nice tooling on the ends of the handles.

tinyurl.com/3cum64js
274825 Jim H <jim1home@c...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
I believe Mr. McBride is correct.  The two hooks look folded in half, or spring-
loaded, or simple wire connection that when removed from their space, the
"t=shaped" section becomes the handle, and the other parts the hooks for the
straps on either side of the boots to pull them off.  A boot put - er onner and
taker offer as it were.
274826 Curt Seeliger <seeligerc@g...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
In less than an hour, Peter nails it as a folding boot jack. I had no idea
such a thing existed. The metal doodads are boot pullers and don't attach
to the wooden jack. Huh.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 8:06 PM Peter McBride 
wrote:
274827 Joshua Clark <jclark@h...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
Fantastic! Thank you, Peter. I'm sure the museum will be happy to hear that
it's been identified. Apparently it's been there for some time with many
guesses, all incorrect.

Thanks again, Galoots.
Josh
274828 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
On 2021-11-22 9:21 p.m., Joshua Clark wrote:
> Fantastic! Thank you, Peter. I'm sure the museum will be happy to hear that
> it's been identified. Apparently it's been there for some time with many
> guesses, all incorrect.
>
> Thanks again, Galoots.
> Josh
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 11:18 PM Curt Seeliger  wrote:
>
>> In less than an hour, Peter nails it as a folding boot jack. I had no idea
>> such a thing existed. The metal doodads are boot pullers and don't attach
>> to the wooden jack. Huh.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 8:06 PM Peter McBride 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That is a folding boot jack with boot hooks. The hooks have lost some of
>>> the nice tooling on the ends of the handles.
>>>
>>> tinyurl.com/3cum64js
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 
>
>
It seems to me this is not the sort of thing one has lying around the 
house - or barn even. It folds up the way it does because it's meant for 
travel - a traveler's folding boot jack!

FWIW

Don

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274829 Richard Wilson <yorkshireman@y...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
Just yesterday I was explaining to a friend about the porch, and how much
accreted knowledge there is here.


So we have a Museum in Australia with a mystery item, unidentified for years,
appeals to New York to get the question published, and the question is solved in
minutes by another Australian who looks at a UK site where a photo and details
with description are available.


Such is the Power of the Porch.



Richard Wilson
Way further north than Yorkshire.  



> On 23 Nov 2021, at 03:35, Joshua Clark  wrote:
> 
> Galoots-
> 
> These photos came to me from a tool museum in Australia. They have been unable
to identify it and I'm equally stumped. Any ideas?
> 
> https://groups.io/g/oldtools/album?id=270185
> 
> Thanks!
> Josh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



-- 
Yorkshireman Galoot
in the most northerly county, farther north even than Yorkshire
IT #300
274830 Margaret & Charles Pilgrim <pilgrim@s...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
It is a very nice boot jack with handles to pull your boots  on.  I have one
that is also folding. Found it in a box of old tools.

C. Pilgrim
274831 Curt Seeliger <seeligerc@g...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
> It seems to me this is not the sort of thing one has lying around the
> house - or barn even. It folds up the way it does because it's meant for
> travel - a traveler's folding boot jack!
They fold, something that makes them weaker and does nothing to make them
more portable. A flat oak/mahogany board with a fulcrum set crossways would
work as well, be no heavier and last longer.
Does anyone know if these were sold with matching folding doorstops?
274832 Phil E. <pedgerton66@g...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
Ah ha! My first thought was that it is a tool for extracting
information from recalcitrant prisoners, but I stand corrected! Heh heh.

Phil E.
274833 Richard Wilson <yorkshireman@y...> 2021‑11‑23 Re: Tool Mystery
Bear in mind that the fold provides a box for the hooks though, and a lady’s
boot is a delicate thing, like the foot within, so light weight, and probably
size, will count for more than heavy and sturdy, as may be the case with the
same tool provided for a ploughman.

??


Richard
Still in Northumberland. 


> On 23 Nov 2021, at 15:31, Curt Seeliger  wrote:
> 
>> It seems to me this is not the sort of thing one has lying around the
>> house - or barn even. It folds up the way it does because it's meant for
>> travel - a traveler's folding boot jack!
> They fold, something that makes them weaker and does nothing to make them
> more portable. A flat oak/mahogany board with a fulcrum set crossways would
> work as well, be no heavier and last longer.
> Does anyone know if these were sold with matching folding doorstops?
> 
> 



-- 
Yorkshireman Galoot
in the most northerly county, farther north even than Yorkshire
IT #300

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