2863. 15" long:
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2864. Sent in by a visitor who would like to identify this item that was part of someone's rock collection. It is approximately .6" (15mm) in diameter, is not magnetic, is rather heavy for its size, and is close to lead in weight to size ratio. Take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win one of their funny T-shirts.
2865. Approximately 10" long:
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2866. Shown with a U.S. dime:
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2867. Submitted by a visitor who is looking to identify this metal part that they found in their garden:
2868. 14" tall:
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Answers:
2863. A Vietnam soldier's short timer's stick:
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2864. Haven't yet been able to prove any of the guesses for this rock:
2865. A bale tie cutter, according to the Dictionary of American Hand Tools, it is "a knife used to cut the twine securing a bale of hay or fodder. Also used to cut the binder twine as a bundle of grain is fed to the separator."
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2866. A shotgun shell puller:
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2867. This was part of an Enterprise food grinder, a similar one can be seen on this page:
2868. This is a leather fire bucket for use by firemen:
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2867 looks like a part of a pepper grinder
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This is probably correct
Delete2866. seems to remind me of a similar thing i once saw at 55tools... but can't remember--
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Yes, I posted one of these early last year
Delete2863 - Swagger stick?
ReplyDelete2865 - Lancets? (for bloodletting)
2867 - Iron washer for wood construction or a pattress plate
2868 looks like a leather fire bucket, but that valve??
ReplyDeleteFire bucket is correct but I'm still trying to find out why there is a valve on the bottom.
Delete2867 seems to be an accessory for a ratchet wrench. Slip the device over the square hub, then slip on the socket. Place the socket on a loose nut. The knurled disk allows the user to then freely thumb-spin the socket until it cinches tight, thus saving some ratcheting action.
ReplyDeleteI have these in my toolbox.
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ReplyDeleteI looked up the "No Job Too Great" crest on #2863 and it's from the US Army 265th Maintenance Battalion. Previous suggestions of "swagger stick" make sense.
ReplyDelete2863 _is_ military related but was marked as something other than a swagger stick.
DeleteMy other thought was that it looked like the bottom of a spud wrench
DeleteAfter doing some research I'll have to modify my answer on this one, it seems that it is a specific type of swagger stick, that has a different name.
Delete2867 is a fairly fine blade for a hand-cranked kitchen grinder (or "food chopper").
ReplyDeleteSecond thoughts--I think that is the grain-grinder blade.
2865 - Is a twine cutter. Cuts the twine on bales of hay.
ReplyDelete2866 is a shotgun shell extractor ring
ReplyDelete2864 - I had a very similar object. They told me it was manganese. You could try a flame test and get some more clues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_test
ReplyDeleteYour mystery rock (2864) looks to be similar to Boji Stones. http://eprakone.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/boji-orezane.jpg
ReplyDeleteFrom this website: http://www.ehow.com/info_8613569_boji-stones.html
"Boji stones are concretions of palladium, pyrite, marcosite and sometimes jarosite. The stones' sparkly appearance comes from the iron pyrite. They are generally subspherical with some protrusions of platelets. One of the primary characteristics of Boji stones is that they are not magnetic. Another is that they have a hardness of 7.4 on the Moh hardness scale."
2864 The rock could be a Barite Ball found in SW OK. if the hardness is about 2 or 3
ReplyDelete.I have also seen Barite sandstone(the Same as the OK Rose Rock)in a ball shape it would be a little harder and usualy a tan color.
2867 An Enterprise Food Chopper "Nut Butter Cutter".
ReplyDeletehttp://recipecurio.com/enterprise-food-choppers/