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Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2018 6:30 am**

I do not think that sharpeners were made for steel needles- the points would not only need to be sharpened, but polished.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:43 pm**

Teak wrote:The fine gentleman also threw in a couple of other needles. Two seem to have jeweled tips (ruby and ?). One is a curious contraption for small needles? I do not know what these would have been used for.

You can see others like the thicker needle extender you have, here...
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =2&t=21199

James.

Posted: **Sat Feb 24, 2018 6:35 am**

The small needle holder/adaptor might be for Edison Bell Chromic-Sympathetic needles.[/quote]

I think Orchorsol is correct. Here is the accompanying literature for this product.

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