Another mystery tool

[Fitzroy]

I love this forum, just sat eating my breakfast and learning about cow knobs, wonderful! Thank you all.

F.

 

[bugbear]

Well that's a happy coincidence!
Thanks for the link. Identifying that lot makes spotting a few old tools really easy.

Presumably the "grouping" I kept finding must be because they were all made at the brass foundry.

So they're grouped by manufacturing process, not use.

BugBear

 

[profchris]

Well that's a happy coincidence!
Thanks for the link. Identifying that lot makes spotting a few old tools really easy.

Presumably the "grouping" I kept finding must be because they were all made at the brass foundry.

So they're grouped by manufacturing process, not use.

BugBear

I think that must be right. This thread set me off searching for cow knobs in a domestic setting, but all I could find were decorative knobs on butter dishes and things like that. I was hoping for brass curtain rails with a splendid cast cow at each end, but no luck!

 

[knockknock]

How to make wooden cow knobs

 

[Blockplane]

How about this -

https://oxhilldevons.com/category/horn-knobs/

 

[AndyT]

What a fascinating digression!