ericka23
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posted on September 2, 2000 07:55:21 AM
My daughter bought a box of items,really a lot of junk......She wanted the teapot and a few other pieces ANYWAY there is this gosh awful looking bird, can anyone please tell me what this thing is.... The beak does have a blade in it and there's a hole where the eye is. You can tell it was used to cut something, because the beak does move up and down.The eye hole is about the size of a pencil or cigarette, maybe it was used to cut the smoke in half... who KNOWS?????
We're just curious.........Thanks for any help, I'm going to try to post the pics, hope it works.
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ericka23
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posted on September 2, 2000 07:59:24 AM
Sorry the images are so small. I thought they would be larger than they are, you can hardly see the ugly ole bird.
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overworked
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posted on September 2, 2000 08:02:20 AM
Hi there, picture is a little small. Could be a cigar cutter. Any marks? Any chance of a bigger pic? 
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toolhound
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posted on September 2, 2000 08:03:03 AM
Looks like it might be a cigar cutter. Hard to tell with the small photos.
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uaru
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posted on September 2, 2000 08:15:00 AM
It looks like there is a bowl below the cutting edge to catch something being cut. I've got one guess. Did the item belong to a Rabbi by any chance?
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shaani
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posted on September 2, 2000 08:33:18 AM
A string holder? Ball of string sits in the bowl, threads through the beak? A bigger picture may help.
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ericka23
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posted on September 2, 2000 08:33:53 AM
The box of things was bought from an older lady. It could have belonged to a Rabbi previously. I don't have a clue.
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zemanski
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posted on September 2, 2000 11:02:42 AM
uaru
OUCH!
Wen
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athena1365
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posted on September 2, 2000 11:05:41 AM
Here they are larger:
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/ho/hollybax222/bigbird.jpg
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/ho/hollybax222/bob.jpg
[ edited by athena1365 on Sep 2, 2000 11:06 AM ]
[ edited by athena1365 on Sep 2, 2000 11:07 AM ]
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HavaJava
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posted on September 2, 2000 11:09:35 AM
My guess is an ashtray and I think it is really a cute thingy whatever it is. It looks like a Kiwi Bird from Australia.
I would bid on it!
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ericka23
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posted on September 2, 2000 11:45:06 AM
athena1365
Hey Thanks! I would have enlarged the pics myself but I don't know how.
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krs
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posted on September 2, 2000 12:12:15 PM
It's a vacuum cleaner.
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overworked
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posted on September 2, 2000 12:12:58 PM
Hi again, the piece looks like a cigar cutter, ashtray combination. I'd list in in Tobacciana/cigar
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helnjoe
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posted on September 2, 2000 12:50:54 PM
uaru
Please reread the subject and keep it in mind as I go on. A rabbi as far as I know does not circumcise, a mohel does. And now for a little joke (if you are easily offended do NOT continue):
A man passed a store window with nothing in it but a clock, stepped inside, and asked, "How long would it take to fix my watch?"
"How should I know?" shrugged the man. "I don't fix watches. I'm a mohel."
"But - in your window - you have a clock!"
"So what would YOU put in the window?"
Thanks to Leo Rosten
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itsmylife
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posted on September 2, 2000 01:14:03 PM
Athena1365:
Could you tell me what program you used to enlarge her pictures. I tried to do the same
thing and they came out super blurry.
Thanks
P.S. I think it is a cigar cutter with an ashtray or pot to catch the cut off part.
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athena1365
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posted on September 2, 2000 03:54:30 PM
Actually, I didn't enlarge them...just right clicked on them, got the URL under Properties and deleted the ".thumbs/" part. She was linking to the thumbnail picture, not the full pic!
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Shoshanah
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posted on September 2, 2000 04:00:36 PM
I say cigar cutter also....And a very nice one! Looks Arts and Crafts period...Will look in a few books...
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uaru
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posted on September 2, 2000 04:00:55 PM
"So what would YOU put in the window?"
LOL!!! helnjoe, thanks for the lesson and the joke, I liked both. 
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anothertreasure
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posted on September 3, 2000 02:59:22 AM
Bowl holds a ball of string? It's placed too far back to catch something (OUCH). Certainly ugly enough to bid on though. Let us know what it goes for.
(I'm still laughing about the clock in the window)
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Crystalline_Sliver
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posted on September 3, 2000 03:09:03 AM
My neighbor, who is a proficient Cigar smoker, thinks it's a Cigar Cutter.
He says to light one end, you'd use a cutter to snip off one end so that you can light it.
BUT, in the photos, he can't see the second blade, which should be in the body of the bird.
That, or it's a toenail cleaner.
:\\\"Crystalline Sliver cannot be the target of spells or abilities.
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femme
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posted on September 3, 2000 05:43:38 AM
I initally thought it was a cigar cutter, also.
But, the position of the bowl to the cutter changed my mind. The cigar tip would fall on the table, not into the bowl. Also, the cutter would be in the eye opening, not on the beak of the bird.
And, there is a reason for the eye opening.
A string holder is the best guess so far.
Erika, does that blade hinge all the way back and rest on or in an opening on the bird's "shoulders"?
If so, the ball of string would rest in the bowl, threaded through the eye opening and the string would be cut by placing the string on the blade with both hands and cutting down. At the end of the day, you would then close the blade and have the beak for the bird. (Hope that makes sense.)
[ edited by femme on Sep 3, 2000 05:47 AM ]
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