Rare 15th and 16th Century Ball Molds

ChrisPer · 18th November 2014, 01:34 AM

Excellent posts thank you Michael and Shakethetrees.

I would mention that the hooked back handle on tongs was an easy thing for a smith making his own tools, and very appropriate to tools handling items in and out of forges for smithing with necessarily long handles.

That feature survives in 'modern' tools in the jewellers' drawplate tongs, which pull axially with a lot of force.

18th November 2014, 01:34 AM	#25
ChrisPer Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 35	Excellent posts thank you Michael and Shakethetrees. I would mention that the hooked back handle on tongs was an easy thing for a smith making his own tools, and very appropriate to tools handling items in and out of forges for smithing with necessarily long handles. That feature survives in 'modern' tools in the jewellers' drawplate tongs, which pull axially with a lot of force.