What is it? Set 312

[notbob]

LOL!!

I was all set to come back with some seriously hostile sarcasm, your link being all munged, and all. Then I saw the actual object. Brilliant! ;)

nb

[Rob H.]

Correct, although it was marked fireman's pike.

Rob

[Rob H.]

Yes, it's a stone worker's tool.

Rob

[Bill]

1788, Ketchup bottle for lazy folks? Beginner's kit to build a "ship in a bottle"? ; )

[Rob H.]

LOL, that's the best guess I've heard so far on this box, yet there are still no correct answers posted for it.

Rob

[Steve Turner]

I'm so glad... for a minute there I was worried that Daffy Duck was dead!

[dpb]

Rob H. wrote: ...

How do you know--I thought the premise was it was unknown...??? :)

[Dave Balderstone]

If you need help figuring out what it's for, how do you know there are no correct answers?

[Dave Balderstone]

Oops. You beat me to the same question.

[Kerry Montgomery]

1786 is the unknown item 1784 is Daffy's coffin, which has to be a better answer than whatever the real one is. Kerry

[Dave Balderstone]

You are correct, Sir. Mea culpa.

But Daffy's head would only fit 1784 after one of Elmer's shots, with Daffy's bill spinning around his forehead.

So that can't be right.

[Steve W.]

Which would be correct. A pike pole is used to tear down walls,ceilings, plaster/lathe and whatever else to make sure the fire is out. We also use them to pull tin roofs, take out windows and to push over chimneys. They usually have a hardwood handle (newer ones are fiberglass) and range from 3 feet long to 12 feet (some specific use ones are longer)

That one looks like the handle has broken off (not a surprise, they get reefed on pretty bad in use).

[DoN. Nichols]

1783) This looks like a rock-cutting chisel designed to powder a fairly wide gap of stone. 1784) No real clue -- though somehow I feel that it connects to footwear. 1785) A "fly press". The weights are given a smart spin, and a thread advances the top ram into contact with the bottom anvil.

Perhaps for making coins?

1786) Perhaps for moving and sterilizing medical tools/instruments? 1787) Missing most of the wood handle. I suspect that it is for manipulating lumber in the form of logs -- perhaps a "Peavy" for breaking up a log jam when they are being sent by water. 1788) If the lids were spring-loaded instead of screw I would think an early Nielson bottle -- for taking samples of water at various depths.

Now to try to post this -- though last post was refused, apparently due to problems at the news server.

And I'll go on to see what others have suggested.

Enjoy, DoN.

[Mensanator]

A Thanksgiving conundrum.

[Greg G]

Greg G.

[swp]

p.s. Happy Thanksgiving

[Bill]

A Thanksgiving conundrum.

"Wonder" if it would work to slice bread?

[Han]

Mensanator wrote in news:fdf82666-15dc-48df-b47f- [e-mail]:

A tomato slicer!

[DanG]

It's a tomato slicer. I have one and use it - nice even slices, the little saw blades work really well on tough skinned or soft. Rinses off, no rust. Tried it to slice butter, worked well if the temperature was just right - very, very cold.

[Steve W.]

even slices faster than a single blade.