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Punch-needle and Rugmaking Tools

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TORU030 Handee Rug Tool with box and original instructions; £25
Nicely lethal razor-blade inside, so only for grown-ups
TORU031 tool only with repro instructions; £15
MAR078 Repro copy of the instructions; £3

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Detail...
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TORU038 Shrimpton's Simplex Folding Hook size 3; 3-1/2 inches; shown closed and open; £5
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TORU039 Stocking mender with cap; £5
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TORU004 Patons Narrow Rug Gauges; £2 each
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TORU026 Patons Rug Gauges, 2 sizes, smaller one unmarked; £4.50 pair
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TORU027 Greenock Luxury Pile Gauge "3 inches"; £2.50
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TORU025 Lees Rug Tools set in box with original instructions, SOLD
MAR079 Copy of the instructions; £1.50
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TORU024 Tailor Tacker in packet with threader, new; £3.50
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TORU023 Tailor Tacker, takes regular thread spools; £3
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TORU021 Dryad Weaving Tablets; £10
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TORU020 Stocking mender with card; £2.50
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TORU019 Deals Fabric Tufter in box
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TORU016 Folding metal hook with nice decoration, very sharp; 3-1/4" closed, 5" open; £5

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TORU015 Punch tool with adjustable Bakelite handle, 4-1/2""; £3

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TORU014 Fine hook with bone handle; £3.50
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TOODD002 Brevetti Loom Setter; £25
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TORU022 Fairy Of The Home embroidery tool - a patented gadget with charming and improbably hyperbolic instructions; £20
SOLD OUT, but if you need a copy of the instructions, please ask..

TORU010 Set of 5 Weaving Sticks, 6 inches long, with instructions; £1.50
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TORU046 Cranked latch hooks with black Bakelite handles; £3.50 each
Not shown TORU047, similar buts not cranked; £3.50
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TORU042 Cranked Readicut latch hooks; £3.50 each
Not shown but almost identical: TORU043 Plain; £3.50
TORU044 Phildar; £3.50
TORU048 Blue-Eez
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T0RU040, T0RU051, T0RU041 Latch Hooks;
6 ins £3.50 each

TORU007 Stocking-mender - tiny latch-hook in a handle, 2-1/2 iches long; £2.50
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TORU035 Sprung Progger (for making rag rugs); £4.50
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TORU034 Chunky rug tool, 5-1/2 inches; £3
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TORU036 Rug/embroidery tool with repro instructions, 4-1/2 inches; £4

TORU008 Stocking-mender, wood handle, 4 inches; £2.50

TORU003 4-3/4 inches; £2.50

TORU002 5-inch, all metal, marked "Patent Feb 21, 1922"; £3
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TORU045 Hook on handle; £2.50
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TORU052 Airlyne Automatic Rugmaker, with box and repro instructions; £30
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TORU052 Box

TORU005 Patwin Rug Wool Cutter, sharp blade included; £10

Another angle.. Nicely Bakelite...
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TORU028 Nice hardwood and bone "proggy mat" tool, 3-1/2"; £5
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TORU029 Bent tool, 7-3/4 ins; £4.50

TORU006 Pressed metal punch tool, adjustable wire; £2.50

TORU009 Bent awl-on-a-stick (with detail); £4
My address is:-
Helen Howes
Helen Howes Sewing Machines
1 Castell Farm Cottages, Thurlton Road, Raveningham, Norfolk NR14 6NY. UK
07914 676182
Email me here - helen@helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk
I prefer that you email me (at any time), or phone between 3 and 6 (UK time) most days