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10-06-2010, 07:38 AM

#91

patdesign

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Looks like antique shoe stretchers, or trees to help the pointy toe slippers keep their shape.

10-06-2010, 07:42 AM

#92

elcee

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I have a cabinet like that my father gave her for Christmas they were married. It is very sentimental to my. I love it.

10-06-2010, 07:43 AM

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elcee

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I have a cabinet like that my father gave her for Christmas they were married. It is very sentimental to my. I love it.

10-06-2010, 07:44 AM

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elcee

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He gave it to my mother.

10-06-2010, 08:30 AM

#95

penski

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i believe those are old shoe horns

10-06-2010, 08:41 AM

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lynnie

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looks like show=e stretchers to me

10-06-2010, 08:45 AM

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mjsylvstr

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they are shoe horns..or stretchers. Used to keep the shoes in shape.

Haven't seen them in years........

10-06-2010, 08:52 AM

#98

craftynell

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They are for your shoes. They help hold the right fit of the shoe. Sometimes they are called shoe trees or stretchers.

10-06-2010, 09:02 AM

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myothsec

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I may be wrong, but judging from the small size of the heads, I believe these are darning "eggs" like you would use for darning socks, but designed for gloves! I remember my dad using something like these to repair worn fingertips in knitted gloves.
That's why there are two different sizes on the ends.