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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

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13. The egg shape slipped more easily into the sock for darning.

Sun Dec 4, 2022, 08:48 PM

Dec 2022

Especially with smaller children's socks.

I think a flat one would be difficult to use.
I used the egg shaped one when I was young.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 OP

I'm going with ink blotter or meat tenderizer. flying_wahini Dec 2022 #1

Yeah, I think it's a meat pounder/tenderizer. rsdsharp Dec 2022 #2

I agree with you Marthe48 Dec 2022 #5

Pestle for a wide based mortar? Paper Roses Dec 2022 #7

How about a gadjet to push meat into a meat doc03 Dec 2022 #8

It's a sock darner. IjustDontlikeRepugs Dec 2022 #9

*** I think we have a winner! *** bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #10

My mother and grandmother had more egg shaped sock darners. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #11

They are sometimes called an egg sock darner... IjustDontlikeRepugs Dec 2022 #12

The egg shape slipped more easily into the sock for darning. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #13

That makes sense Irish. IjustDontlikeRepugs Dec 2022 #14

It is so strange to see things that I grew up with called antiques. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #16