Claudia ZahnMar 7

The Underwood Multi-tool (c. 1850)

Decades before the first Swiss Army knife (1891), London’s Underwood of Haymarket crafted this "harped" pocket kit. Designed for Victorian sportsmen, it features a hoof pick, saw, and corkscrew. A rare 19th-century masterpiece of portability.

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Show threadJesMar 7
@Adrenochrome Is the tool second from the left a little candle snuffer?
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I think it's probably a second kind of hoof-cleaner. (Getting little stones out of the soft part of a horse hoof before they seriously damage the horse is *really important*. And as a snuffer, I think the scoop is facing wrong way.)

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Mar 7 at 6:48pmWeb