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Offline Barry Adamson

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Wagner iron press ID?
« on: January 23, 2014, 12:58:10 PM »
Can anyone ID this "WAGNER MFG SIDNEY O" press. It probably had wooden handles at one time. Could it have been for some type of pastry or tortilla? Thanks.

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Re: Wagner iron press ID?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2014, 01:15:34 PM »
Hello Barry, and Welcome to WAGS!

This is a Wagner Wafer Iron used to make a thin Wafer like pastry.

Now hopefully our resident expert(s) Tom, Mike, and others, will stop by here.

These wafer irons usually came with a base, and the one you show is also missing the handles/and has one handle screw broken. But I am seeing some design differences with the hinge design that is interesting. 


« Last Edit: January 23, 2014, 03:48:08 PM by lillyc »

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Re: Wagner iron press ID?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2014, 03:42:30 PM »
Thanks Cheryl,
I suspected there was a missing base. I'm attaching some close-up pictures of the hinge area. This appears to be a very old piece, based on the manufacture of the hinge and the rivets. Could it be pre 1900?
Barry

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Re: Wagner iron press ID?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2014, 05:17:29 PM »
Scandinavians would call it a Krumkake iron.

This one has had a hard life.  It should have a ball hinge, but that has been completely broken off both halves.  It has a really nice "make do" replacement hinge put on sometime in the past.  The wooden handles would have screwed onto the lag screws that were cast into the paddle.  If you wanted, you could drill out the broken one, tap and put a lag screw stud in to hold a handle.

Interest piece, but no collector value.  I do like those old repairs though.

Attached a picture of what it should look like with a base.  It should be nickel plated too.

Circa 1902-1910.

Tom
« Last Edit: January 23, 2014, 05:20:08 PM by tomnn2000 »

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Re: Wagner iron press ID?
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2014, 07:18:30 PM »
Thanks Tom,
At one time, somebody valued this piece enough to make those extensive repairs, and, also must have known a good smithy! I appreciate the pictures of what it originally looked like. Thanks again.
Barry

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Re: Wagner iron press ID?
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2014, 07:56:53 PM »
Like the repair job! Sad how disposable our society is today. If broken today, it would just have been pitched out.
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Re: Wagner iron press ID?
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2014, 11:03:52 AM »
That is a really neat/interesting hinge repair!!  Mike

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Re: Wagner iron press ID?
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2014, 12:52:17 PM »
I agree re. the quality and uniqueness of the repair. Blacksmithing skills are becoming a lost art.
I have a small glass bead (1" long) from West Africa. The bead broke lengthwise into two halves. The bead was important enough to the owner to have a tiny metal band crafted to hold the two halves together. It's one my favorite collectible pieces.
Barry