Who remembers their father using a hobbing foot to repair their shoes?

[hobinfoot 25]

I used to play with a hobbing foot has a kid and got the nickname Hobinfoot (my spelling).

[Blackburnrod 13]

As a 15 year old in the early 50s I used the family hob when nailing shoeplates to my newly acquired cycling shoes. Years later I inherited the hob,but it disappeared during a subsequent house move.

[desy 10]

Got one use it now as a door stop