Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Dec 2018, 18:28
I don't think it is either a proof mark, nor a hallmark, which were my original thoughts. So I'm at a loss ...
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Dec 2018, 03:39
You all are close but need a clue. Think pewter.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Dec 2018, 04:08
Is the mark called a touch mark? Made by Mr Warric?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Dec 2018, 04:31
Does it relate to a place eg. The Lion for Edinburgh?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Dec 2018, 06:12
Pewter? Tankards come to mind. Is it a trade stamp to certify the capacity of a tankard? A weights and measures stamp?
Is that what Stoneroad has already suggested with proof mark?
Is that what Stoneroad has already suggested with proof mark?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Dec 2018, 07:15
Liz has got it, it's a pewter tankard by Warric and what I was after was the technical term for what on other things would be a hallmark. On Pewter they are usually described as touch marks.
Next for shaving?
Next for shaving?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 Dec 2018, 09:43
Well, I never knew that - and well done Liz! 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 04:38
What can you tell me about this?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 08:37
Is it for tapping both Christmas Elves and Carol Singers on the head?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 08:38
Is it a forming dolly which would sit in a blacksmiths anvil? Not sure if the term dolly is right.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 10:14
The top caps for Trump's Mexico fence?
Or an engineer's toothpick?
Or an engineer's toothpick?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 13:51
S. Milligan's calling card?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 15:25
I'm with Gloria, a helpful anvil tool for bending bar etc
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 16:06
A ninja shuriken?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 21:01
A very ancient headache remedy?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 21:35
Blacksmith's former, fits into the anvil and allows "finer scale" work
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Dec 2018, 21:55
I was thinking more on the lines of a sheet metal former to fit into a swage block rather than an anvil.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Dec 2018, 03:12
Gloria got it first and it could be used in a swage block I suppose. Now a supplementary question. If used in the anvil, what's the name of the hole it sits in?
Just for interest, the anvil is 28lbs and ex-WD Useful thing to have about!
Just for interest, the anvil is 28lbs and ex-WD Useful thing to have about!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Dec 2018, 09:07
A hardy hole?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Dec 2018, 13:02
At 28 lbs it can almost be classed as a pocket anvil.
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Dec 2018, 16:38
Why is it called a `hardie hole'?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Dec 2018, 02:56
Liz got it right. I've always assumed it was named after a smith called Hardy.... (LINK)
Next for shaving?
Come to think, here's a supplementary.... Name the essential tool present in every forge that is massive but invisible.
Next for shaving?
Come to think, here's a supplementary.... Name the essential tool present in every forge that is massive but invisible.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Dec 2018, 03:25
"Bellows!" he bellowed.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Dec 2018, 04:34
Sorry China but no. The essential item I am thinking about can't be seen, it's invisible unless you know where to look.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Dec 2018, 08:14
First aid kit? ..And the muscles on his brawny arms stood out like knots in thread.