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2647. Approximately 3" long, also describe the purpose of the square hole:

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2648. Around 48" long:

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2649. Sent in by a visitor, the top part is 4-1/2" wide:



















2650. Two unidentified tools that were submitted by a reader of this site:

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2651. 5-1/2" tall:





































2652. 5" tall, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2647. This is a glass cutter, the square hole is for a radial arm used when making circular cuts, similar to patent number 702,732:

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2648. These are raggle boards or raggle sticks, they are placed between layers of pipe to provide stability:

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2649. A holder for a fire hose that can be hung on a ladder:



















2650. These are both short starters for use when loading a musket:

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2651. A brass weight for a scale:





































2652. A salesman's sample Heatilator fireplace insert, this fireplace has air intakes at the bottom, heating chambers at the sides and back, and outlets at the top to release warm air back into the room:







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Set 455

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2641. The tool on the right is approximately 14" long:

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2642. An unidentified tool that uses a razor blade:

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2643. 6" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:



















2644. Sent in by a visitor:

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2645. 4-1/2" long:


































2646. 7-1/2" long:

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2641. The tool on the lower left is a wrench for turning the nut on the inner end of a tooth in the cylinder of a threshing machine, similar to one posted here back in May, the other two tools are wrenches for unscrewing the teeth, they could also be used for bending the teeth if necessary.

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2642. A Micro Slicer for cutting microscope samples:

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2643. This small hatchet was used to open cigar boxes, the notch was for removing nails:



















2644. This is a specialized clipboard that holds notes on a mid-century Dictaphone of the type that uses Edison cylinders.

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2645. According to the owner of it this is a dog's head faucet handle:


































2646. Text on this tool reads "Mark's Grain Tester", in use grain is placed into the tool which is then shook to get the grain into the smaller holes, the middle part is a knife, it is drawn across the grain to cut it in two, it could then be examined for toughness, frost, or vermin, see line 75 in patent number 1,622,515 for more detailed instructions.




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2635. Approximately 16" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this tool and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2636. 10" long:

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2637. 1-5/8" long:






















2638. Sent in by a visitor from New Zealand who would like to find the purpose of this item:

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2639. An unidentified tool that was submitted by a vistor:

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2640. Around 36" tall, the object here is to determine what occupation this tool was made for:































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2635. The first U.S. patented ice pick, number 15,483:





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2636. A shotgun shell crimping tool:

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2637. This is a tompion (plug) for a Civil War .577 Enfield rifle musket, these were used to keep dirt and moisture out of barrel:






















2638. A yarn holder:

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2639. No answer yet for this tool:

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2640. This is a vise that was invented for use by a blacksmith, patent number 558,927:



















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