Old Gun Sight? - SOLVED

[paleo10kbc]

Can anyone shed light on this?I found this and threw it into my junk bucket after a hunt sometime last summer.Bored one day,I scratched at it and saw brass.It was folded up and looked like just a piece of metal,so I cleaned it up and saw the square with glass under it,then saw a hinge.That`s when things got ugly.I have little patience,so I pried things apart and broke it.What you see here is brass,glass,and some kind of rubber? used to hold the convex glass in place.
thanks for all help!
Paleo 10kbc

 

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[paleo10kbc]

Re: Old Gun Sight?

another pic

 

[PBK]

Re: Old Gun Sight?

Looks like a textile inspector's magnifier— also called a "linen tester" or "thread counter."

http://www.heimerdingercutlery.com/catalog/category.cfm?Category=139

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[Montana Jim]

Very cool find - and VERY cool ID... cripes, I've never even heard of such a thing. :P

 

[paleo10kbc]

WOW! Anything you guys don`t know?
Thanks,PBK!




By the way;have posted pics of my "blank coin" if you would like to see.

 

[mojjax]

I use this one every day as a loupe - works good on coins and jewelry . Thanks PBK , I never knew it was for textiles !

mojjax

 

[Ramitt]

It is stuff like this that keeps me coming back to this site. Well done and thanks for teaching me something new.

 

[trikikiwi]

While we're on the subject. This little beauty fell out of a Christmas cracker some years ago and I've put it to good use ever since.

It's a little treasure in itself.
Cheers, Mike