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  1. 12-03-2020, 20:58 #1
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    Default Help IDing a tool

    A friend of the family sent me this photo and asked if I knew what this was. Her father was a Marine but she didn?t know if that was related.

    I can?t shake the feeling that I?ve seen one of these before but I can?t place it. Reverse image search didn?t turn up anything. Any ideas?

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  2. 12-03-2020, 21:14 #2
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    Its used to polish brass buttons on a uniform. You see them for sale on Ebay. WW2.
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    Awesome. Thanks.
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  4. 12-04-2020, 09:43 #4
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    Okay, I did not see the connection to brass buttons.
    A little Google search.
    Brass Button Board

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    Yeah, you put the buttons on the uniform through the gaps in the tool so that when you polish them you do not get the fabric dirty.
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  6. 12-04-2020, 20:47 #6
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    That's pretty cool.
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    Amazing. I just learned something new.
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  8. 12-06-2020, 11:07 #8
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    Never shined any buttons, or boots for that matter
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