IXL
Charles Tully
>Markings are IXL George Wostenholm Sheffield England. I know who he was but can anyone tell me what it was used for? Steel eraser, quill knife? Thanks.
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Cecil Nickerson
>If it's about the size of a chubby fountain pen, it's an eraser of sorts, actually a scraper to remove inked lines from technical drawings and artwork.
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Charles Tully
>Thanks that is what I was suspecting. I believe that they called them steel erasers. Anyway I appreciate the response.
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#4Actually...
Cecil Nickerson
>Check out this website, it has a catalog page from Wostenholm and Son of IXL ink erasers about a quarter of the way down
http://antiquescientifica.com/alerts.htm
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Charles Tully
>Yes I had seen that from a Google search but I wasn't sure if it was an eraser or a quill. Again thanks.
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Todd Hughes
>I see a good many of these IXL ink erasers, some will have a double edge leaf shaped blade.I am about 100% certain the handle on yours is a replacment, most have a simple wood [oftern ebony] handle though now and then you will come across a bone one...Todd