These are replicas of a contemporary hookmakers hook, thus the “S” in the hook name.

We are good friends and I promised him that I wouldn’t use his name in my literature. He acknowledges that the hook was developed from an unknown antique.

Charles Vestal recently sent me a plate of antique hooks manufactured by C. Playfair & Co., Union Bridge, Aberdeen.

The bend of the Playfair hook is an exact match of the NOBLE S bend, although the shank of the Playfair juts at a more open angle.