tool
Button hook
The button hook is a small (approx. 10 cm) iron hook - often with a
(decorated) iron, wooden, bone or ivory handle - with which the ladies'
boots used to be tied (1). There is also a model with two hooks of
different sizes. Another model is foldable. Sometimes the button hook is
fitted with a shoehorn at the other end. See also pocket knife. [MOT] (1)
The button hook was sometimes used as a hook for eviscerating poultry
(PETITPRERE: 2131). See further the folding hunting knife. EMMET: 187
states that the button hook was used for gloves.