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Needle eye

5 hooks from 2 makers · 1920–1950

What it is

An eye made by flattening and piercing the end of the shank, like a sewing needle, rather than by bending the wire into a loop.

The example
Pflueger Hooks – 10015T · from c. 1920
Pflueger Hooks – 10015T
Photograph
Silhouette of Pflueger Hooks – 10015T
Silhouette

Chosen automatically: the most typical needle eye in the catalog.

All 5 hooks

Mustad Hooks – 3998 G
Mustad · c. 1950s–1960s
Mustad Hooks – 7731 A
Mustad · c. 1950s–1970s
Mustad Hooks – 7734
Mustad · c. 1930-1960
Pflueger Hooks – 10015T
Pflueger · from c. 1920
Pflueger Hooks – 5515
Pflueger · c. 1920s–1960s

Makers and dates

Makers

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2

When they were made

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