antique ice skates /snow shoes?

[litefire56]

Any ID or ideas guys? I'm stumped...

 

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[litefire56]

another view

 

[tamrock]

What size shoe would fit in the bindings ? I'm thinking child's training ice skates

 

[litefire56]

Not child size, about 11" heel to toe and stand about 10" tall off the bottom rails

 

[BosnMate]

I have no idea, but because of the outriggers that must be intended to help keep people with my balance and athletic powers from falling down; which then causes me to have a swag saying they are training skates of some sort. I sure hope someone has the facts on these.

 

[Sod Buster]

I had a pair of training skates when I was kid. I don't know what you've got there, but they are not even close to the training skates that I had.

 

[nhbenz]

Interesting, they appear to be more like short skis, in that there's no way you could push yourself along like on skates. Skis of that variety are made today, but they aren't 10" tall... I would have expected them to be maker marked, to let folks know who made such a great innovative apparatus. Maybe they were a prototype

 

[bill_wabo]

Surely not used on ice, you need a thin, concave blade for that. Maybe it's purpose was more like gaining a few inches of height than for skating, just my guess.

 

[BosnMate]

Sheet rock hangers use stilts. Do you suppose that it's something someone invented so he would be taller and able to work construction without having to climb a ladder to accomplish what ever he was doing?

 

[SkaBa]

How heavy are those things? If they do go on shoes, the shoe would have to have a very specific heel and sole type, due to the tabs on item, to fit.