Tool ID

[Lurker]

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[DaveL]

Is there a hook under the sprung flap?
I think it could be a tool for.making rag rugs, I remember my grandparents having some they had made just after the war.

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

I think it could be a tool for.making rag rugs,

Seconded.

 

[AndyT]

Thirded!

 

[Dr.Al]

Fourthed! We've got quite a few rag rugs around the house, all made by my grandfather with a tool like that.

 

[AndyT]

Possible patent and a warning to anyone thinking of donating their old tool treasures to a heartless museum:

University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database | Details

[eb-GB]Adlib Internet Server is a complete application to make the collections of archives, museums and libraries accessible over the internet. Adlib Internet Server is an add-on to the professional collection management applications Adlib Archive, Adlib Museum and Adlib Library.

www.reading.ac.uk

More history, instructions and as much detail as you could possibly need to start a new eco-hobby

RUG-MAKING HISTORY - THE LATCH-HOOK

 

[Dr.Al]

Possible patent and a warning to anyone thinking of donating their old tool treasures to a heartless museum:

Wow, that was blunt...

Letter, MERL to Roger Plumb, 10 October 1983 – 'Dear Mr Plumb, // Thank you for leaving the boxes of items at the Museum recently. We have kept some of the objects, one (the telephone) has been passed on to the Science Museum, the rest, being of no interest, we have discarded. // Yours sincerely, // Roy D Brigden // Keeper, Museum of English Rural Life'