Bet you don't have this tool

http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.a...ction=&lang=En
or http://tinyurl.com/57lb89

Sometimes light weight defeats the purpose.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

wrote:
http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.a...ction=&lang=En
or http://tinyurl.com/57lb89

Sometimes light weight defeats the purpose.

What's the 'V' shaped nick in the spoon part for?

Tosspot wrote:
wrote:
http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.a...ction=&lang=En

or http://tinyurl.com/57lb89

Sometimes light weight defeats the purpose.

What's the 'V' shaped nick in the spoon part for?

Knowing cyclists you would think it is a bottle opener. The only serious
suggestion i can make is a nailpuller

--
/Marten

info(apestaartje)m-gineering(punt)nl

On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:14:27 +0100, Tosspot
wrote:

wrote:
http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.a...ction=&lang=En
or http://tinyurl.com/57lb89

Sometimes light weight defeats the purpose.

What's the 'V' shaped nick in the spoon part for?

Dear T,

The notch baffles me, too. It seems like a bad idea.

Weakness isn't a problem with a steel spoon, but I'd be afraid that
the odd notch would tear up the tire, the tube, or even the rim.

Maybe it's a woodworking notch for smoothing splinters on wooden rims?

I still can't think of anything on a bicycle that I'd whack with a
Lilliputian 4-inch hammer.

At least it's not a claw hammer. Even our most hardened local bike
shop owners would probably raise their eyebrows if they saw someone
trying to pry a tire off a rim with a claw hammer.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Carl Fogel wrote:

I still can't think of anything on a bicycle that I'd whack with a
Lilliputian 4-inch hammer.

I wondered about that too. Maybe butterfly nuts?

On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 11:54:55 -0800 (PST), Chalo
wrote:

Carl Fogel wrote:

I still can't think of anything on a bicycle that I'd whack with a
Lilliputian 4-inch hammer.

I wondered about that too. Maybe butterfly nuts?

Dear Chalo,

I'm baffled, but butterfly nuts seem unlikely for three reasons.

First, the tool is circa 1895, which I think is earlier than the use
of giant wing nuts for fast tire changes. (But I may be wrong about
that.)

Second, the tool is from Cleveland, which makes it a US tool. Again, I
may be wrong, but I think of butterfly nuts on axles as European. I
can't remember seeing any butterfly nuts on ancient US bikes.

Finally, the tool would be silly. If a butterfly nut resisted my
entreaties, I'd just use my heel to turn it. If I couldn't turn the
nut by pushing on one wing with my foot, I doubt that anything would
happen if I tapped it with a 4-inch hammer.

Maybe some old tire valve had some tiny piece that just barely stuck
out and often needed a smart rap on the head?

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Tosspot wrote:

wrote:

http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.a...4596&weventite...
orhttp://tinyurl.com/57lb89

Sometimes light weight defeats the purpose.

What's the 'V' shaped nick in the spoon part for?

Roach clip.

Chalo wrote:
Tosspot wrote:
wrote:
http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.a...4596&weventite...
orhttp://tinyurl.com/57lb89
Sometimes light weight defeats the purpose.
What's the 'V' shaped nick in the spoon part for?

Roach clip.

I think you have hit upon it Sir!

Carl Fogel wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/57lb89

Sometimes light weight defeats the purpose.

It looks like a tire change tool for cars. The hammer end is a
knock-off for central wing nut hub attachment and the spoon for a tire
lever. Not knowing its size obscures its intent.


Jobst Brandt

wrote:
Carl Fogel wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/57lb89

Sometimes light weight defeats the purpose.

It looks like a tire change tool for cars. The hammer end is a
knock-off for central wing nut hub attachment and the spoon for a tire
lever. Not knowing its size obscures its intent.


Jobst Brandt
Although the auctioneers description does say 4in long. Sounds a bit
small for a car.

Stan Cox