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Pedor Boot Straighteners

Accession Number

1712.2023.1

Object Name

Pedor Boot Straighteners

Created

21/06/2023

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

21/06/2023

Brief Description

Pair of metal boot straighteners.

Materials

Metal

Dimensions

24(L) x 7(W) cms

Number Of Objects

1 pair

Inscription Description

“MADE IN AUSTRIA. “TYROLIA”.
“ PEDOR” inside a rectangle.

Colour

silver

Maker

Pedor

Object Production Place

Austria

Provenance

Just about everything in the days of wooden skis wanted to bend one way or straighten in the other. The ski tips were often steamed into the curve at the front and would straighten out during the warm summer months unless some device was used to prevent it, likewise the camber which required a block, or spacer to prevent the wood reverting to its original form.
All ski boots in the early days were used for both cross country and downhill and the constant flexing of cross country created a bend in the boot which would become permanent if left to dry out so these boot straighteners were designed to solve the probelm.
These Austrian, Pedor boot straighteners appeared in the 1960’s Jackson and Wall catalogue - see opposite. - when they would have cost you 12s 6d.(65p) per pair. We suspect they had limited sales except for the fact that they also doubled for carrying boots of any description so the downhillers could use them too.

Acquisition Method

Donated by David MacFarlane

Acquisition Date

21/06/2023

Condition Check Date

21/06/2023

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

21/06/2023

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