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2251. Around 5" long:

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2252. Approximately 8" long, the entire barrel is hollow and open on both ends:

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2253. 14-1/2" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2254. Sent in by a visitor who is looking to find the exact purpose of this device:

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2255. 36" diameter:





























2256. 3" long:

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2251. A bolt from a Sten submachine gun, also called a breech block, the small part in the center on the end is the firing pin:

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2252. A Cressi Torpedine Sport spear gun, for underwater hunting, text on it reads 'Il Pescatore Subacqueo, Cressi, made in Italy, Genoa'.

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2253. A trowel bayonet, for use by soldiers to dig trenches.

In many of Frederick Remington's paintings you see soldiers lying behind their horses for cover. This was not conducive to winning, for if your horse was wounded or worse dead it was a long walk back to the fort. What was needed was an entrenching tool. In an effort to cut down the weight load of the soldiers it was planned to incorporate this entrenching tool into an already issued piece of equipment. Thus was born the intrenching bayonet. The name trowel was taken from the bricklayers tool that the intrenching weapon resembled.

The trowel was meant to be used as a hand tool for digging. Some liked the extra leverage gained by mounting the bayonet to the end of the rifle. Needless to say plugged bores and bent barrels were the order of the day.

Similar to patent number RE6083.

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2254. A perfume pump atomizer:

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2255. A wheel from a Qing Dynasty cannon that was made in 1695, the cannon just sold at auction for $149,500, much more information on this historic weapon can be seen at the link.



Other examples of this type of wheel can be seen here and here.




Shoeing of the wheel was done with metal plates called strakes, which were kept in place with strake nails.

























2256. A Minton fishing rod holder, patent number 2,890,847:

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I own a lot of different tool books but the one that I use first as a reference is the Dictionary of American Hand Tools: A Pictorial Synopsis (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
It has over 4,500 images and is a great book for learning about about a wide variety of tools. This book gets my highest recommendation.

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Set 389

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2245. 19" long:

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2246. 16" long, sent in by a visitor who is looking to find the purpose for this item:

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2247. 9" long:

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2248. 32" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this device and a chance to win a T-shirt:


































2249. 7" long:

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2250. 29" long:

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2245. An Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC),

...an aluminum box with a triple seal manufactured by the Nuclear Division of Union Carbide. It was used on Apollo lunar landing missions to preserve a lunar-like vacuum around the samples and protect them from the shock environment of the return flight to earth. An aluminum mesh liner helped absorb impacts.

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2246. No answer yet for this one, looks like it could be used to pull a heavy load by attaching a rope to the center part:

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2247. A spreader used to tighten the twist when making rope, it's slid along the length of the stands during the twisting action to force the formation of a tight and constant spiral.

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This is a rope winder, its design would have allowed it to be used while placed on a fence or a wagon sideboard.































2248. These are lunar tongs for use by an astronaut for picking up moon rocks:






























2249. A fisherman's hook remover:

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2250. A 201-Z Gas Gun for dispersing riots, it can fire:
-No. 112 Spedeheat Grenade
-No. 206 Spedeheat Projectiles
-No. 203 Short Rang Cartridges
-No. 230 Flite-Rite Projectiles

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I own a lot of different tool books but the one that I use first as a reference is the Dictionary of American Hand Tools: A Pictorial Synopsis (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
It has over 4,500 images and is a great book for learning about about a wide variety of tools. This book gets my highest recommendation.

I've decided to become an Amazon affiliate to help pay for the costs of finding and purchasing items to post here. Please consider purchasing books through my links if you are interested in them, there is no additional cost for the buyer and a small percentage will be paid to my account.








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Last week's set is seen below, click here to view the entire post.








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Set 388

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2239. 7" diameter:

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2240. Around 14" long:


























2241. About 15" tall:




























2242. 12" long:

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2243. Sent in by a visitor who would like to find the exact purpose for this item:

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2244. 25-1/2" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this tool and a chance to win a t-shirt:

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2239. A gimbaled oil lamp for use on an old ship:

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2240. A burn bag, this is a container that is used by the government for holding classified documents that are to be burned, one of these can be seen in the famous White House situation room photograph from a few weeks ago.


























2241. A roof anchor, it can be temporarily nailed to the top of a roof, a rope can then be attached to it to keep workers from falling off.































2242. Some type of chain tool, still not sure exactly how this Chain-ger was used:

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2243. The most popular suggestion for this is that it's a book binder's clamp, though it looks similar to a flask clamp, which is used in foundry work for holding sand casting frames in position.

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2244. A logger's rigging hammer or grab maul, used to set and remove a grab hook from a log.

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I own a lot of different tool books but the one that I use first as a reference is the Dictionary of American Hand Tools: A Pictorial Synopsis (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
It has over 4,500 images and is a great book for learning about about a wide variety of tools. This book gets my highest recommendation.

I've decided to become an Amazon affiliate to help pay for the costs of finding and purchasing items to post here. Please consider purchasing books through my links if you are interested in them, there is no additional cost for the buyer and a small percentage will be paid to my account.



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A few months ago I had posted some wood splitting videos, yesterday I saw another one that I thought was interesting:













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