Little mystery object and its scabbard.

[toolsntat]

On Wednesday I dropped into the regular meeting of "Tool Fondlers Anonymous" and came home with this little object.
Unless I am very much mistaken I do know what this is.
It has some wonderful punch decorations and ornamentation
Cheers, Andy

 

[duke]

Compass with leather strap attached to a goat horn.

 

[CHJ]

Chatelaine, Manicure set?

 

[toolsntat]

Compass with leather strap attached to a goat horn.

I like it, but no....
Cheers, Andy

 

[toolsntat]

Chatelaine, Manicure set?

This answer has, depending how you look at it, a modicum of correctness about it but needs a bit of refinement
Cheers, Andy

 

[AndyT]

I'm guessing... It was once useful enough to be kept in a leather pouch, presumably in a pocket. There's a little bit of decoration, so possibly further up the social scale than a tradesman's tool. So following Duke's guess and your hint, I'll say it really is for getting stones out of a horse's hoof. Am I close?

 

[Mike G]

..... I'll say it really is for getting stones out of a horse's hoof. ...

It's very small. Hoof pickers are usually quite a bit bigger, so I'd be surprised. I assume it is sprung, somehow, so I am guessing it is a pair of tweezers for picking a tick off a dog.

 

[fuse]

For retrieving the last pickled onion from ye olde jar

 

[toolsntat]

I'm guessing... It was once useful enough to be kept in a leather pouch, presumably in a pocket. There's a little bit of decoration, so possibly further up the social scale than a tradesman's tool. So following Duke's guess and your hint, I'll say it really is for getting stones out of a horse's hoof. Am I close?

Unfortunately not, but top marks for observation

 

[toolsntat]

It's very small. Hoof pickers are usually quite a bit bigger, so I'd be surprised. I assume it is sprung, somehow, so I am guessing it is a pair of tweezers for picking a tick off a dog.

As long as I'm right you're 50% correct with the tweezers but could easily be 100% if tick picking was a thing in animals back aways...

 

[CHJ]

Think the 'blade' would originally had a sharper point if it was for splinter removal or similar probing.

 

[Lurker]

Deburring the edge of a tube?

 

[Pete Maddex]

Wick trimmer.

Pete

 

[duke]

Lice picker

 

[toolsntat]

Think the 'blade' would originally had a sharper point if it was for splinter removal or similar probing.

Ah! well, I will have to say that the photo doesn't do justice to how pointy it is so I'll take that as a correct assumption and it is indeed a splinter probe .

 

[toolsntat]

So, between Mike and CHJ I think we can say we have a result.
Combined probe (lancet) and tweezers for thorn/splinter removal in bespoke leather scabbard.
Not sure of the age but gotta say its going back a fair bit.
With the added bonus.....
It's smalI enough that I don't need to break out another storage fruit box
Cheers Andy