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Came across this today. Owner says "It's about a hundred years old, never seen a drop of oil".

Hint: It's for decorative purposes.

Tomorrow or day after I'll expand the album with the solution.

Edit 1: Third pic added to the album.

Edit 2: solved. Three more pics added. The tool owner has a flower shop. I'ts used for making pretty and fringy paper to decorate stuff with.

Hope I notified everyone. Thanks for playing!

Came across this today. Owner says "It's about a hundred years old, never seen a drop of oil". Hint: It's for decorative purposes. Tomorrow or day after I'll expand the album with the solution. Edit 1: Third pic added to the album. Edit 2: @stupidbird solved. Three more pics added. The tool owner has a flower shop. I'ts used for making pretty and fringy paper to decorate stuff with. Hope I notified everyone. Thanks for playing!

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Decorative purposes? Shit I was going to say it was for resoling shoes.

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just solved, I updated the album. So if you want to keep guessing, don't look. Tempting...

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Has nothing to do with shoes or clothing.

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Third pic added to the album.

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Decorative throws me off but my first guess is a pipe bender/cutter. The object in the image is a pipe cutter. Here's why I think so: * Curved Cutting Wheel: You can see a circular cutting wheel at the bottom. This is a key feature of pipe cutters, used to score and eventually cut through pipes. * Lever Action Handle: The long, red handle with a wooden grip provides leverage to apply pressure and rotate the cutting wheel around the pipe. * Adjustable Jaws: The green and metal parts form adjustable jaws that hold the pipe in place while it's being cut.

Some of this is just me talking to myself trying to figure it out and convince myself it's a pipe cutter.

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You put a lot of thought into your post. The tool does not do anything with metal, pipe or otherwise.

I do the same thing sometimes, write out stuff that I'm thinking about. Helps me to sort out things in my mind.

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Third pic added to the album.

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I think its a yarn ball spooler or winder.

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It could be, but it isn't :)

just solved, I updated the album. So if you want to keep guessing, don't look. Tempting...

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It looks like something for food use, but it's not an apple peeler. No idea here.

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It does, doesn't it? It's a non-food tool.

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The only other guess I'd have is a cloth ripper, but it doesn't really look like that either.

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Bzzzt.

To be fair, I wouldn't have guessed what it's for until I was shown what it does. Maybe the many Ladies of Poal have better odds at recognizing it.

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Third pic added to the album.

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Canning tool?

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Third pic added to the album.

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Used for carpeting or laying flooring in general

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Third pic added to the album.

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That's pretty cool, some tools you don't need anything modern for.

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Burnishing the edges/seams of flat leathercraft items.

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That's a no. No leather involved.

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Third pic added to the album.

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stupidbird just solved, I updated the album. So if you want to keep guessing, don't look. Tempting...

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It looks like the red crank interacts with the green spring-loaded arm in some fashion, but there's no way to say for sure without seeing a picture of the underside.

The lip on the base plate suggests something is driven against the tool and then operated on by the crank, but it wouldn't rotate given the prominent rivets/screws on the plate.

Given the previous hints, my guess is some sort of burnishing or honing for a blade or piece of metal.

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That's something I thought at first bit I was very wrong. It doesn't treat metal.

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Any chance you can give us a picture of the underside as a hint? (even if you delay posting it for a half day) This is a fun game.

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I'll see what I can do. I'll try to get the owner to snap a pic and mail it to me. Should have included one in the first place.

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Third pic added to the album.

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stupidbird just solved, I updated the album. So if you want to keep guessing, don't look. Tempting...

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For use in caneing chairs or furniture?

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stupidbird just solved, I updated the album. So if you want to keep guessing, don't look. Tempting...

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Third pic added to the album.

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Pretty sure this was used to kill millions of jews. We owe them more money....