Excellent Pair of Old Rasped Iron Shim Wedges new york ” or the cocktail king

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Excellent Pair of Old Rasped Iron Shim Wedges new york ” or the cocktail kingMade to level a large piece of furniture I assume, I just find the forms and rasped surfaces of these hand forged iron shims super beautiful. Still useful for shimming for sure, but I might use them as paperweights, especially as they are quite nice things to hold in one's hands. Appox 3" and 2 1 2" long respectively, 1 1 2" w. Sold as a pair.