What's this item? ( COMPLETED )

[memory man]

Do you know what this is?
Did you ever use one?

Answers via pm please.



CORRECT ANSWERS FROM

Trevnhil
cactuslil

[memory man]

ANSWER

Those good ol' fashioned metal roller skates that strapped onto your shoes were useless if you didn't have a skate key on hand to adjust them. The hexagonal loop on top was used to turn the bolt that adjusted the length of the skate and the tubular end fit on the pin that tightened the toe grips. The long narrow hole in the middle? Why, that was for stringing a shoelace through so you could wear the key around your neck while skating.

[Maggie B]

Well, well, well. I recognised it but, couldn't for the life of me remember what it was

Thanks MM, enjoying your brain teasers.

Maggie B

[PW in Polemi]

I never had one of those - my skates were adjusted using butterfly nuts. (Obviously designed with me in mind )