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20th August 2016, 03:30 AM #1
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Whatsitfor?
This item was bought for $3 at Mudgee tip shop but the lady who bought it would like to know what it was made for. It's about 100cm h by 40 at the base. Seems hand made rather than machined & the upright & brace is rebated. A few folks have suggested boot polish rest but to me that angle wouldn't be at all comfortable. Anyway, ideas welcomed, tia.wood.jpgstand.jpg
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20th August 2016, 08:14 AM #2
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It has a carry handle, the brace is rebated into the base and it looks like the base on the opposite side to the brace has some wear (how long is this piece) so my guess is that it was used as some kind of leverage device.
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20th August 2016, 11:46 AM #3
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Boot puller?
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20th August 2016, 12:37 PM #4
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That was my first guess, too. It would be consistent with the wear pattern - put one foot against the bottom of the sloped bit & hook heel of boot on other foot on the scallop at the top?? .
Originally Posted by rustynail
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20th August 2016, 01:31 PM #5
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I'd be inclined to think that ^^^ might tempt a snap to the handle part.
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20th August 2016, 02:05 PM #6
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True. It's also much taller than any boot-jack I've seen (which were much more like this), so maybe it has some more obscure use.... Originally Posted by philcal
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20th August 2016, 11:59 PM #7
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The timber looks too clean to have been used on the ground outdoors?
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21st August 2016, 01:49 AM #8
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It looks like something a carpenter might carry room to room clamp a door to the vertical to aid in
hinging?
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22nd August 2016, 05:28 PM #9
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It'd be handy for someone who wanted it.
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22nd August 2016, 06:01 PM #10
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Wish I had customers like that who would buy something with no knowledge of what it was or what it did
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23rd August 2016, 08:07 AM #11
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It's a metre high and built to support a fair bit of weight along the length of the base but not much laterally. I wonder if it's not some sort of assistive device for a disabled person.
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