is this a fishing item??

[kleiny]

sounds like a possibility Seahunt the end is only the size of a $2 coin so i think this would work
kleiny

[Big_unit]

Looks to me like a Saddlers leather punch. No idea what its in a tackle box for though.

Cheers
James

[Fishin_Dan]

Maybe it's for making leather drag washers?

[BlitzBaga]

I agree with baldyhead and hi-yo, it is for making fake scollops out of stingray and shovel nose shark flaps. About 20 years ago I actually made some for a few people.

Cheers
Murray

[nigelr]

I'm with Fishin_Dan. I use a punch like this to cut out teflon and fur-felt for drag washers, they work very well and cost jack!

[GBC]

wad punch. What it's doing in a tackle box is anyone's guess. All prior suggestions are possible. I'll go one step further and say its for punching emergency floats out of your thongs while pig fishin???

[Sniper]

She a leather hole punch. Pick em up at any decent uphostry/leather stores. Great for making drag washers out of.
Billyboy

[bidkev]

Leather punch but yes, the guys are right, she'd be used for punching out "scallops" from ray flaps.

There's a European crustacean know as scampi/Dublin bay prawm which is absolutely fantastic eating but expensive and I used one of these punches to punch out the "glands" in the sockets at the rear of skate's eyes which taste remarkably like scampi. I have heard of them being used to fake scallops also.

cheers

kev

[2iar]

There's a European crustacean know as scampi

Kev,

I'd been told that the scampi served in Scotland is made from monkfish tails - sounds like a similar wheeze?

Mike

[bidkev]

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There's a European crustacean know as scampi

Kev,

I'd been told that the scampi served in Scotland is made from monkfish tails - sounds like a similar wheeze?

Mike

[/quote]

That's right Mike. The supermarket "scampi" is just that. True scampi can nowadays only be found in reputable seafood bars such as those here

http://www.gosomewhere.co.uk/blackpool/goseafood.html

The Cottage is the best of the "fish and chip" shops and Robert's Oyster bar has stood for 130 yrs. It was reknown for being one of the few places in the UK that sold scampi "in the shell". That way you knew what you were getting was genuine.

Just remebered that those false crumbed scampi from the rays were also sold uncrumbed as "skate nobs". Makes you think dunnit?

cheers kev

[BrianC]

Looks like a fish donger

[familyman]

Possibly a tool for removal of spines in large deadbaits ie frigates and macks.
Other than that ,no clue
cheers jon

[Dodgy_Back]

After 26 replies and no one knows what it is ,
well I say it must be rubbish and ready for the bin !
But try making one of those scallopy thingys before you chuck it.
Mick

[kleiny]

Dodgy- back i agree throw the damn thin in the bin.
or as someone else said grab the other end & use the handle as a donger.
kleiny