tool
Wheel pricker (for stencile)
The tailor uses a wheel pricker (approx. 20 cm) to transfer the lines of
the pattern to the fabric, the painter to transfer the lines of a stencil.
The tool has a toothed wheel (approx. 2 cm in diameter) that sits in a
U-shaped bracket at the end of a metal shaft; the shaft sticks with a tang
in a wooden handle, sometimes wheels with different teeth can be attached
to the bracket. The wheel pricker for fabric is exceptionally foldable: the
wheel then disappears into a metal handle. Can be distinguished from the
wheel pricker (shoe maker) because the teeth are less sharp and closer
together. See also wheel pricker (saddle maker). [MOT]