Posted 5 years ago
derviking
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I cannot identify this tool! If you look at photo #1, it is roughly 12 inches wide and 8 inches tall. All iron; the top tubular portion has a blind hole in which a tapered iron "plug" can be inserted, loosely. top section is connected to the bottom "clamp" with a mortise-and- tenon joint. elaborately decorated with knurling and circular "whorls." Looks to be all hand-filed, with square thread profile.
Looks like for sizing rings (jewelry).
I mostly agree with blunderbuss2 but add that it is a mandrel for resizing rings.
Yeah, that's what THEY call them. LOL
It is a goffering iron for small ruffles and pleats (quite old). You take the solid cone out, heat over a fire, then stick it inside the hollow cone, then rub/iron the fabric against the heated outer cone without burning it.
What a thing ! Are you real sure or is this a guess ?
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1HLDY_enUS829US829&q=vintage+goffering+iron+for+small+ruffles+and+pleats&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy5uqX-afhAhVQSN8KHR2HBAoQsAR6BAgIEAE&biw=1229&bih=604#imgrc=0hsJ0y4CSv2-NM:
nice call ...tooluser, '-))
...and here I was, leaning towards some kind of (parts of) an old apple peeler gadget...? <nono> :-)
Look at this way, Anything. It COULD be used for peeling apples, or sizing rings, in a tight. LOL !