brass collet with bone handle

 

These hooks were sometimes sold as boxed  sets with different sized needles.  See G. Chambers & Co. 1848.

 

Material: steel wire needle, brass collet that may be nickel plated giving it a silver color, bone handle

Use a magnet to test if the fitting is brass or steel. Remove the needle first. Brass is not magnetic whereas steel is. There may be a very slight attraction of the nickel plating to the magnet.

 

Length: handle 3″

 

Length: handle 3 1/2″

nickel plated brass fitting

 

Length: handle 3″

nickel plated steel fitting

 

Length: 3″ and 4″

Sold to me as new old stock from a 1930s store. Handles only, no needles.

 

 

 

 

 

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