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2713. 60" long:

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2714. Approximately 20" long:

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2715. 12" long, submitted by a visitor who is looking to identify this tool:

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2716. 24" long, made of plastic, sent in by a reader of this site:

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2717. Submitted by someone who would like to know the purpose of this device:





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2718. Around 18" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2713. A Keystone corn planter, from the 1860s:

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2714. A saw rack for use in a hardware store:







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2715. Haven't been able to prove it but most people think this is for marking a line on a plank of wood, another possibility is that it's for cutting leather.

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2716. This is a tie for holding a high power line to the support insulator:

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2717. The owner of this device thinks that it's some type of grinder but we haven't been able to find any information on it.





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2718. An experimental XM75 40mm grenade launcher, probably made by S.A. in the late 1960s:

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Some other grenade launchers that were on display:

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A modern version can be seen in this video:













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