Posted 10 years ago
Kleanza7
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This item was in my Grandmas house, and she never knew what it was. I assumed it was found in the home when they moved there in 1950, along with several other items.
It is made of wood and metal, it's spiky, and small. It comes in it's own wood box, which looks as if it has an area for extra parts, but this area is only 1/2 the size of the actual spiky roller.
When we were children we would dare each other to run it over our feet or forearms... loads of fun when playing in Grandmas basement!
I tried searching information about this, and it looks like a modern day 'dermaroller'!
Anyone?
only thing that come to mind is a pastry docker
That is a perforator. Modern ones are stainless steel with a plastic handle and are called woodpeckers. Your extra compartment would have probably held different width spacers that go between the actual spikes.
Awesome THANK YOU fhrjr2!!! I'm still curious what project the original owner may have needed this for, but this solves what it is!
They are used to poke holes in different types of film wrap and or shrink wrap type materials. The holes let trapped air escape and help prevent condensation. There are perforators for cardboard and even wood but the spikes on this item seem quite fine.
Yes they are fine, and when rolled on paper, the spikes don't make contact. The wooden sides are longer than the spikes themselves.
That isn't unusual because these were used on a variety of material. This could have been used for beading belts of a given width or any number of other things. If you research spike perforators or even spike rollers you should find them. Spike rollers are often much bigger and have a four foot handle or are made to mount in a machine. Although there are hand spike rollers.
Wow this is such helpful information! Thank you so much!