2 more from that box.

[HeelSpur]

I have no clue what this is but since there were other engine tools in that box maybe this is an engine tool. The thingy on the bottom swivels a 360 but doesn't move any other way and the middle piece rides the shaft.




And this has a tag that says "shoe horn", damnest looking shoe horn I've ever seen.
Looks like it does fit a shoe or boot, so maybe a stretcher of some sort.

[amertrac]

thr second picture is a puppy butt the third is a puppy's ----- the rest i don;t know but the threaded arrow looks familiar.  bob w.

[Neals]

That arrow looks familiar to me as well. I can't remember where or what. My guess is something to do with horse farm machinery.

[HeelSpur]

lol, didn't even see the puppy porn.

[john k]

The first with the arrow is darn familiar but am drawing blanks.  The second is a shoe stretcher, remember my father keeping a pair in his sunday shoes.  If leather shoes, especially with leather soles got wet, they could curl up, shrink, real uncomfortable. 

[HeelSpur]

I think this is called a hay thief.  Used to sample the inside of a haystack.

Fortunately the Davistown Museum had a picture of one.

http://www.mainememory.net/artifact/16803/

You'll have to copy and paste the above as I don't know how to make it a hyperlink.

Mike

Cool, but wrong thread :-).

[BruceS]

The first with the arrow is darn familiar but am drawing blanks.  The second is a shoe stretcher, remember my father keeping a pair in his sunday shoes.  If leather shoes, especially with leather soles got wet, they could curl up, shrink, real uncomfortable.

The first one is the metal part of a shoe stretcher.   There are  half shoe pieces that get attached to the ears and the pointy piece spreads them apart.

[mikeswrenches]

Heelspur,

Thanks for the correction, I deleted it here and moved it to the right thread.  Got in too big a hurry I guess.

Mike

[HeelSpur]

The first with the arrow is darn familiar but am drawing blanks.  The second is a shoe stretcher, remember my father keeping a pair in his sunday shoes.  If leather shoes, especially with leather soles got wet, they could curl up, shrink, real uncomfortable.

The first one is the metal part of a shoe stretcher.   There are  half shoe pieces that get attached to the ears and the pointy piece spreads them apart.

OK, so both pieces have to do with shoe stretching, correct?
That might come in handy some day if I can figure out how to use it.

[BruceS]

This may help, here is a picture of #1
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-22484239/stock-photo-vintage-shoe-stretcher-isolated-over-white.html

[Aunt Phil]

The second one is a shoe shine tool.  In fancy parlance a shoe butler.

You screw it to the wall of the Butler's pantry and it conveniently holds 1 shoe to be polished, brushed and shined.  When the first shoe is finished you start on the second shoe.

Don't ask where I learned the operation of that contraption.

[Billman49]

Found this 'What's It' a bit late  - but Bruce S and Aunty Phil have got it right  - the first one, with the screw, looks as though it is long enough for boots, rather than shoes... The wooden inserts often had holes in them to which little wooden mushrooms could be fitted to stretch the shoe around a bunion or corn... Below images of modern and old versions... and another type of Shine Butler - currently for sale on that well known auction site, should you want to buy a second one......

[HeelSpur]

That is great guys thanks, guess I'll look for the wooden pieces for the first one now.