382. The following three objects are all shirt cuff holders but are sometimes sold as playing card holdouts which were used for cheating by secretly bringing a card from outside the game into the player's hand.


2-1/2" long, patented Jan 25, 1875, similar to patent number 368,305. This one is attached to a shirt like a cuff link.




The Wizard cuff holder or cuff fastener, patent number 397,119:








383. Probably for either sheet metal or upholstery.








384. Oarlock









385. Branding iron







386. This is a 1/1 ratio multiple spindle tapping head for a CNC mount.






387. A pinch dog for use by a woodworker, "when driven into end grain along a joint, these simple steel "clamps" draw boards tightly together for gluing up panels, table or bench tops."



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