Anyone know what this is for?

[Bodrighy]

I was asked to make this for someone. It is graduated in steps of 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4mm. This one is made from a scrap piece of mahogany and is 8" long

Pete

 

[stevebuk]

looks like a ring sizer to me pete, or a garden dibber perhaps.. :lol:

 

[Bodrighy]

looks like a ring sizer to me pete, or a garden dibber perhaps.. :lol:

Close with the first guess but not right. Dibbers usually have a straight taper don't they?

pete

 

[big soft moose]

is it an adult toy for masochists ?

seriously though its obviously for sizing something so if its not for rings it must be pipe , or something like that

 

[Bodrighy]

is it an adult toy for masochists ?

seriously though its obviously for sizing something so if its not for rings it must be pipe , or something like that

It isn't actually for sizing anything as such though the steps are significant. It is used in a fabric craft if that's any help.
As far as I know there is only one other person making them in the UK and when I first made one I had to email a maker in Australia to get dimensions.
Pete

 

[Jonzjob]

Spanich footballer!

He was called Damedifiknow?

Could it be for pokin 'oles in material for curtain rings?

 

[Bodrighy]

Not for poking holes.

If no-one guesses I will reveal in the morning.

pete.

Incidentally when I first made one it was a pig to make as the 4mm bit at the end gets really fragile and you need to make sure that you do the steps the right way around e.g. from the thick end down, and sand as you go or it breaks off. Looks easy but getting it right at first was tricky.

 

[MickCheese]

Something to do with crochet?

Mick

 

[Bodrighy]

Something to do with crochet?

Mick

Now that is getting very warm Mick, not quite but close

 

[MickCheese]

Lace Making?

Mick

 

[OldWood]

Lace Making?

Mick

That sounds distinctly plausible - for opening up the holes in linen etc. for the embroidery ?

Rob

 

[Bodrighy]

Lace Making?

Mick

So close. You are in the right sort of craft

Pete

 

[CHJ]

Tatting (Picot Gauge?)

 

[Bodrighy]

Tatting (Picot Gauge?)

You are sort of on the right track there Chas but they are flat sticks. Again very warm

pete

 

[MickCheese]

Embroidery?

I give up!

Mick

 

[cambournepete]

weaving?

 

[Bodrighy]

Embroidery?

I give up!

Mick

Well you have the right craft Mick. It's a couronne stick and is used to make embroidered rings either for button holes or for decorative rings on a piece of work. It comes from Hedebo embroidery which apparently is a Danish type of embroidery.

Pete

 

[Jonzjob]

I should have recognised that! it is pronounced Hay-ta-bo. It began as decoration for peasant men’s shirts, women’s collars and cuffs, and bedclothes. It originated in a specific flatland region of Denmark between Copenhagen and Roskilde known as the Heden, or heath.

Not-a-lot-a-people-know-that! 8) 8)