Sun, Feb 24, 2008, 10:27am (EST-3) snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com (nautilus) doth queryeth: Is there any info known about this one?
Could be wrong of course, but it' resembles a note maker. Those were used long ago, before note paper was invented, and paper was very expensive to make. You took a block of nice straight grained wood, set one of these on top, carefully aligned with the edge of the wood. Then you slammed down the round part on thop, which drove a blade down thru the wood, shaving off a ery thin piece. This was was then written along and passed to the appropriate person. The only problem then was if you had a private note for someone, you had to make sure they could read before you sent the note. Neat, eh?
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