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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 363
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With all due respect, the tool illustrated in the codex is a pair of pincers, used to remove sprues and flashings from balls after they have been removed from the mold. The jaws are open sided, and would not work as a receptacle for molten metal! The curled handle is similar to the curled triggers you mention, except that this feature is commonly found on old handmade tongs, pliers, ball molds and other similarly constructed tools. I have several in my shop. I am a master metal smith with over thirty years experience in the field of antique metal restoration, and a number of commissioned pieces as well. Over the years I have collected (accumulated?) a lot of old tools, some coming from Northern Germany directly from the family who used them since the eighteenth century or possibly earlier! I also consult with several auction houses locally, as well as numerous museums and historic houses in my area on a wide variety of topics. I have, a long time ago, made movie props for movies filmed in the area until I realized that whenever you get the contract to provide anything for a movie, your entire life is taken over by the production. I don't mention this in order to blow my own horn, as the saying goes, but, as somewhat of a newcomer who just yesterday got a PM informing me that my membership status in this forum has finally been removed from probation. I just want to let everyone know a little about me. I believe this is a factor of tool evolution that has carried across the entire spectrum of two piece blacksmith-made, pivoting tools. Thank you all for making this one of the most interesting groups like this that I have ever found! |
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