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Offline rustyric

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Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« on: September 05, 2020, 01:57:18 PM »
Purchased at my local flea market just because I liked it ! I think its made in Germany as it marked DR. Could it be something to do with tagging cows ears ?

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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2020, 02:22:08 PM »
Hello, Ric. That is a neat looking tool!! Are there legible numbers on the handle??
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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2020, 03:03:13 PM »
No sorry to blurred
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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2020, 03:08:53 PM »
By a strange coincidence I purchased this book at the same flea market on the same day with a picture of a man holding  the mystery tool on the front cover !

I though this is going to be easy, just look in the book. Unfortunately it doesn't say !!

<img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ECbuCA6zL._SX345_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" alt="Bygones 5: Amazon.co.uk: Joice, Dick: 9780851151342: Books"/>
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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2020, 03:15:07 PM »
That fellow looks like he is stumped too.
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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2020, 03:25:57 PM »
Apparently his name is Dick Joice and he had a t.v. program way back in the 1970's on Anglia TV (Regional UK TV channel for East Anglia), called "Bygones" and every week he had a mystery item competition, no prizes for guessing what it was in the episode in the photo !
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Offline rustyric

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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2020, 04:24:39 PM »
So does it look as if I have beaten you ?
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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2020, 06:22:40 AM »
Not yet Ric!  First we're going to request more photos from different angles, as well as a detailed description of the movement when you squeeze the handles together.
Thanks.
Al
It does look to me as if it is meant to fold and then punch a hole or at least dimple a piece of metal.
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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2020, 01:48:43 AM »
Ok I will take some more photos today and upload them
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Offline Danks

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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2020, 04:49:22 AM »
 I have seen one a long time ago, and i believe that it was for inserting nails/pins and bending them over to form a loop,for lacing up shoes.
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Offline rustyric

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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2020, 06:22:04 AM »
More photos





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Offline wvtools

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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2020, 11:55:25 AM »
Quote from: Danks on September 08, 2020, 04:49:22 AM
I have seen one a long time ago, and i believe that it was for inserting nails/pins and bending them over to form a loop,for lacing up shoes.
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I was thinking something along the same lines -- looks like a shoe button, hook, or eyelet tool.
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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2020, 04:16:27 PM »
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Offline skipskip

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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2020, 09:57:28 PM »
Fits the tool collectors adage:

All  unknown tools are either nutcrackers or leather working tools
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Re: Whats is this springy punchy thingy ?
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2020, 05:50:50 AM »
So it looks as if its leather work related - however what is it used for ?
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