June 14, 20251 yr "What's It" Basic Rules Reminder For a full run down on this project and rules please go to: The Patriot Woodworker and MWTCA "What's It" project Only Patriot Woodworker Members are eligible to participate and receive the award. If a verified and referenced answer is not arrived at by the end of each month's "What's It" project, a random draw will be performed for a "One Year MWTCA Club Membership". Only Patriot Woodworker's who participate in this "What's It" topic will be included in the random draw. Additional What's It Rules Unless you are completely sure what this item is, please avoid "definitive statements" that appear that you are without a doubt claiming that you know what the item is. For example stating, "this item is called a "widget xx" used for "insert purpose here". If you are making a definitive statement you must accompany your statement with evidence or proof from a secondary source. An example of acceptable statements within the realm of having fun and educated guesses would be something like this, "I believe it could be", or "It appears it's made for this or that", etc etc etc... Project Details The information provided hereon is all the information that is provided, no further information on this item will be added. Mystery Military Tool (United Kingdom) The tool below was brought to a show TATHS Anglia Group attended in Suffolk and the owner, Toby Miller, would be very interested to know it's purpose. The two revolving rollers are opened by means of pressure on the handles and are held in the closed position by a very strong spring. When closed the rollers do not quite meet. A piece of card or leather pulled through the rollers receives a series of indented lines from the markings on the rollers. The tool has War Dept markings and a date of 1940. There is a thought that it may have a use on webbing and possibly connected with parachutes. Can anyone provide a definite answer please? Image Credit TATHS
June 14, 20251 yr Here is the article with some slightly different pictures. https://www.taths.org.uk/tools-trades/queries/602-mystery-military-tool
June 14, 20251 yr From the description I believe it may be a spring clamp of sorts or a leather marking tool.
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