3037. 4" long:
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3038. About 9" long:
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3039. Sent in by a visitor:
3040. Approximately 12" long:
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3041. 12-1/2" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.
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3042. The idea here is to describe the purpose of the small end of these hammers:
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Answers:
3037. A Bottle Opener
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3038. A double Derringer movie prop with a mechanism that allowed it be concealed under a coat sleeve and then produced instantly when the catch was released. This device was used in the film Maverick.
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3039. This is probably a bushing from a transformer or switchgear:
3040. A Coolerator ice cube cutter, when filled with hot water it could melt into a block of ice to create cubes, patent number 2,127,262:
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3041. This is an ice pick with a retainer for removing cubes that had been formed on a block of ice by a Coolerator ice cube cutter, patent number 2,070,773:
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3042. According to the owner, "These steel hammers are made in an English Warrington pattern
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3037. Removes metal caps from drink bottles. Hook the head of the bent nail under the frilled edge of the cap, position the wooden handle atop the cap, seesaw the wooden handle down so that the nail head lifts the edge of the cap. A magnet embedded in the handle holds the cap to the handle so that it doesn't go flying.
ReplyDelete3038. Apparatus for concealing a small gun up your sleeve. Strap the lang thing to the inside of your forearm; through your clothing, press the lever in the middle (or however the device is actuated; designs vary) and the spring-loaded carriage pushes the gun down your sleeve into the palm of your hand.
3042 - Pien end used for inlay work and joinery in furniture construction and repair.
ReplyDelete3040: Incubator? Fill it with warm water to keep eggs warm?
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