"Good
Luck" Rocker Style Fluting Iron
This is a nice looking and
hard to find fluter. It appears it was at one time nickel plated and some
early collector thought it would look better with a coat of black paint on it.
Good + ........ $125.00
PR-1422
Johnson's Cross
Roller Fluting
Iron Not exactly complete,
but the important parts are here.
2011-LIST-19-11
Good . . . . . . $45.00
Crown Machine Fluter
A classic---every collection needs one!
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2012-LIST-22-16
Good + . . . . . . $55.00
Top
Half of Rare Dion Fluting Iron Do you have
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2011-LIST-19-16
Good + . . . . . . $1495.00
6" Crown Plaiter /
Iron
This is the rare mini size Crown Plaiter. The more typical
version that is seen is 10". Neither are common. Plaiting was a
thing done by people with too much time on their hands, or with enough money to
hire somebody else to perform the task for them. These devices were used
to put plaits, or small folds, in fabric such as drapery tops, bed surrounds, or
the bottom pieces on couches and chairs that keep dirt from
getting under there and give the cat a place to hide. My feeling is that if more people still plated and pleated the world would be a different place today. Whether for the better or worse is open to debate. I think the passing of this task was one of the primary reasons that the women's lib movement was able to catch on. They simply had to much spare time on their hands when they stopped doing chores like this so they started thinking about things like voting.
The overall condition is nice. There are no cracks or breaks. The counter weight and slugs you would heat are missing. The indexing pins are still there.
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Very Good . . . . . . $495.00
APR-SPL-25
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10" Crown Plaiter / Iron This
is the larger size Plaiter Crown. It has its slugs, but the counter
weight is missing. The condition is nice. They are not common, and
like the others here come from long-time collections.
Very Good . . . . . . $295.00
APR-SPL-26
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Acme
Combination Charcoal / Fluting Iron This
is a very nice condition iron. It is called the Acme Carbon, and was
patented in 1910. The end of the era I would imagine, burning coal or
charcoal. By 1910 clean and efficient electric was on the verge of not
only putting this idea to bed, but all of the other "cutting edge" gas fired
irons that were on the market at the time as well. Not to mention that by
this time fluted fashions were going out of style. Very nice!!
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2012-IRONLIST-3-7
Fine . . . . . . $175.00
Antique "Ideal" Combination Fluter
/ Charcoal Iron Really nice!
2011-LIST-12-4
Good . . . . . . $150.00
Antique Combination Fluter / Charcoal Iron
2011-LIST-12-5
Good . . . . . . $95.00