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Jeff Dayman	12/04/2019 13:55:19
2356 forum posts 47 photos	Posted by Georgineer on 12/04/2019 11:33:43: It's a grostling iron. George It may be, but the snibs are different than the irons on the ACME grostling machine common in the USA. Edited By Jeff Dayman on 12/04/2019 13:56:55
Plasma	12/04/2019 14:17:07
443 forum posts 1 photos	You're wrong, it's a Clebb resizer, possibly the rare left handed version. The upper projections are handles to exert inward pressure on the sliding portion which opens the Clebb up a size. We used them in the snooker table works for getting each pocket Clebb bang on centre.
Martin King 2	12/04/2019 15:35:43
1129 forum posts 1 photos	Well, Clebb resizer made it onto Google! I guess my problem now is finding a suitable EBay category for the listing! I had no idea what a monster I was letting out of the bag! Cheers, Martin
Neil Wyatt	12/04/2019 18:10:45
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	It's an omnibobulator. You can tell by the way the queech obulates. Neil
duncan webster	12/04/2019 21:38:57
5307 forum posts 83 photos	It's a wimwam straightener, for further info go to LINK and scroll down to the bottom. You'll be no wiser, but it's quite amusing
roy entwistle	13/04/2019 09:01:56
1716 forum posts	Duncan Not a lot different from Lancashire. But I always heard snicket in Yorkshire for ginnel in Lancashire When I was a lad 1930s /40s you got different words on opposite sides of the road pit workers and mill workers used different words as well but we all understood each other Roy

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