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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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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...