WHAT ARE THESE USED FOR ?

[samuria]

while still sorting out my late fathers tools i came across these???? any ideas folks [frame][/frame][frame][/frame] they are made of brass and have a small wheel at each end some are very small. they are not sharp so not for cutting anything

[simmitc]

I'm sure I've seen those at the dentist

[samuria]

I'm sure I've seen those at the dentist

if you have, you should have been at the opticians

[moray]

Are they for leatherworking ?

[samuria]

i have'nt a clue!! he did'nt do that kind of thing. old watch and clock repairs, old guns, he was a member of the black powder club. flintlock pistols etc, and his vintage motorbikes so what he used these for is a mystery to me [frame][/frame]

[chrisryder]

they look like glass cutting tools.

i too found a few in an old tool bag i was given. Asked my dad what they were for and he suggest glass cutting. You score the line with the wheel (i'd imagine they were sharp once!) and (on mine at least) use the other end, which had a series of different width slots in, to lever the glass and crack it along the score.

[Tamsin]

That was my thinking... Glass

[fussyoldfart]

while still sorting out my late fathers tools i came across these???? any ideas folks [frame][/frame][frame][/frame] they are made of brass and have a small wheel at each end some are very small. they are not sharp so not for cutting anything

I can imagine them being used to press leather, fabric or paper into a crevice, does that prompt any ideas? Had I acquired tools like those I would keep them "just because you never know" They do look like leather working tools