Dont find one of these every day...

[goldencoin]

Don't find one of these every day...

Hello, I was Md'ing near a RR track and found what I first thought was a foldable fork. However, I cleaned it up and it was something very different. It says "talon shu lok" on the back. A search revealed that it is an spring operated shoe fastener. The thing is, I don't know anything else and I hope someone can fill me in to exactly how it works. Thanks

HH
-GC

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

Someone may have tossed it out the window. I dont know what it does but there is a brief mention of it in this book. Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty By Robert Friedel Page 239. http://books.google.com/books?id=kd...g=fE0hcQD4AclpGqEiYGTpr8X-q8s&hl=en#PPA239,M1

Talon is a company and Shu-Lok is a mid-fifties invention.

 

[goldencoin]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

i saw that, but i'm wondering how it works

HH
-GC

 

[Diggerbarns]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

To me it would appear to be a spreading devise.If you slide the collar up it will draw the spreader in,then insert into a shoe and release.Making the shoe wider where the bunyon rubs.

 

[bradyboy]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

each wing would fit into a pocket on either side of the seam of a shoe
When you pull the large handle like lever forward it snaps into place pulling the 2 wings together to close the seam
You would then only see the decorative latch
Very similar to modern day case latch

 

[PBK]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

Here you go, GC!... neat find!


Click on this link.

 

[EDDE]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

wow big props kind off cool !

 

[GL]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

All thats left of an old shoe.

 

[goldencoin]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

I just need to find another one and i'm all set- pretty interesting...

HH
-GC

 

[Old_Okie]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

I had a pair of shoes that used that fastener when I was a teen in the late 60's. Looked like a slip on, but easier to get into. Must not have been too popular.

Old_Okie

 

[bradyboy]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

do you mean to say I got one right?

 

[bradyboy]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

great call PBK
havent seen you aound for some time
Alls well with you?
brady

 

[Mackaydon]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

As a kid in the 50s I wore these devices in a shoe called "Snap Jacks" by Thom McCan. Here's another onliners explanation of how they worked--they were 'cool'.

"They did not use laces to keep them closed. Instead of having a soft tongue they had a mechanism that looked like a tongue but it was hard(firm) with small rails on the underside. These rails ran along the top of the shoes where the laces would normally be and would "snap" the tongue shut at the top of the shoe. It sounds complicated and "clunky" but, they were not. Another way to explain it would be to picture a blucher without laces or lace holes. You would then be able to see the tongue. Well, with Snap-Jacks the firm tongue (described above) would be in the place of the soft tongue. By pulling up the tongue it would close and lock the shoe shut. Elvis made them popular and they were a big thing in the late 50s."
Don....
Source:http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cach...+Thom+McCan&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&ie=UTF-8

 

[EggyOG]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

I found one of those yesterday, and the day before, and the day before, and............

 

[ballbuster]

Re: Don't find one of these every day...

When we were kids in the 50's there was a shoe call the Flagg Flyer. It had this type of device that would snap down on the top of the shoe which held it secure. It was covered in leather. It was the tounge but on the top of the shoe.