Comments on: Thingamajig Thursday: the Brannock Device

By: tweber

tweber — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:47:37 +0000

I think it should be called a
“foot-size-alyzer”.

Better than the old x-ray machines that I’ve read that they used to take a view of kids’ feet in the 40′s and 50′s ( or whenever it was) Imagine all the needless radiation exposure kids were getting!!!! OMG

By: gus

gus — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:33:55 +0000

Pedograph

By: Mikey

Mikey — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:17:11 +0000

Ok..this is a little off the subject, but speaking of weird shoe devices, when I was young, they said my toes/feet pointed in. As a result, I was forced to wear a device that had shoes with a metal bar at the bottom that forced my feet in an outward position. What was the name of the device? And from what I understand the device was not necessary. It did nothing but help me get familiar with some mad snowboarding moves..hopping to bed on a nightly basis.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:43:21 +0000

The neat thing about this device (besides its boring name) is how it works! The meaurement taken on the interior of the foot gives the sizer an ARCH measurement, and (obviously) the slidey-bar-thing meaures the foot length. Most people don’t know that the 2 numbers are supposed to match! When they don’t, however, the sizer needs approximate TRUE size. My arch measuers 8.5, but my slider measures nine- ergo, I wear a size nine shoe with an arch support (because my arches are too high).

By: Jake Le Master

Jake Le Master — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:27:03 +0000

The Tootsie Tester

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:22:09 +0000

Shoe-size jobber.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:20:30 +0000

Whenever I get shoes, the store that I go to has to get a special Brannock Device to measure my feet because they’re so darn big (17 and still growing!).

By: Hypatia

Hypatia — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:46:45 +0000

“Foot Ruler”

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:50:33 +0000

I always just called it the “Shoe Sizer.” I remember the days when the Brannock Device was cast aside in favor of the insert-your-foot x-ray machine; and then how everyone speedily returned to Brannock Devices when they realized they were irradiating kid’s feet.
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By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:44:48 +0000

I’d say Pedometer… But that’s already taken.

Also, Man or Astro-man?’s sound guy went by the stage name “The Brannock Device”

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