vidpro2
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posted on July 15, 2001 04:34:32 PM new
It has "Patd" pressed into one side of the teeth, and "1881" pressed into the side you can see. It measures 6" long, 4" wide and 3/4" thick.
Thanks in advance!
[ edited by vidpro2 on Jul 15, 2001 05:25 PM ]
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packer
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posted on July 15, 2001 04:38:37 PM new
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breinhold
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posted on July 15, 2001 04:38:41 PM new
looks like a stove cover lifter to me?
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vidpro2
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posted on July 15, 2001 04:40:58 PM new
Thanks for the UBB help, Packer 
I'll check those out, Breinhold. Thanks for the quick response! (Wow! just over 4 minutes!)
vidpro2
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bidsbids
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posted on July 15, 2001 04:51:27 PM new
I've never seen anything like that before. It might be a tradesman's tool of some kind. A gauging or sizing tool of some kind maybe for a blacksmith or plumber? Good luck.
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bitsandbobs
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posted on July 15, 2001 05:22:57 PM new
That's one mean looking knuckle-duster!
Joking aside, it reminds me of part of an antique treadle sewing machine.
Good luck with it.
Bob, Downunder but never down.
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tomwiii
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posted on July 15, 2001 05:50:11 PM new
The bad boys in 19th century NY's "Hell's Kitchen" used that exact tool during facial re-arrangements on rivals...
The above statement is:
a) Historical fact! /or/
b) More of Tom's typical BS!
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vidpro2
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posted on July 15, 2001 06:26:32 PM new
So if it's listed as a "Blacksmith's knuckle stove cover gauge lifter", you think that's pretty accurate, huh?
How about "Antique 1881 Cast Iron Swiss Army Knife"?
vidpro2
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breinhold
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posted on July 15, 2001 06:49:30 PM new
tomwill: a historic fact. (along with anything else that could be used as a weapon) gangs like the shirt tails and dead rabbits (both notorious n.y gangs in the 19th century)used some nasty tricks when they got into a rumble. but........
i wanted to say it looks like an all in one stove tool to me. the two different size hooks look like they are for the covers and the numbers on the side look like they control the temp. . its the right period for the style of stove. i might be wrong.
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breinhold
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posted on July 15, 2001 07:04:34 PM new
the more i look at it ...the more convinced i become that i am wrong.
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vidpro2
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posted on July 17, 2001 08:28:30 AM new
bump
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Triggerfish
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posted on July 17, 2001 08:32:52 AM new
Remember the movie where Jeremy Irons played twin gynocologists and they went whacko and one of them had all these very bizarro gyno instruments made?
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packer
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posted on July 17, 2001 08:44:49 AM new
To me it looks like those teeth would fit into something then you pull to rotate it. Some kind of wheel maybe.
packer
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AuctionPulse
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posted on July 18, 2001 03:00:51 PM new
Pretty sure it's part of a nautical sextant. (A navigational instrument containing a graduated 60-degree arc, used for measuring the altitudes of celestial bodies to determine latitude and longitude). There are a few people selling them on eBay.
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mrspock
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posted on July 18, 2001 05:22:53 PM new
not likley to be sexton part
1 it would rust
2 could trow off the compass
sextons are made of non-ferris metals and there would be no need for the three numbered notches
a sexton measures the angle of the sun or stars from the horizon at a given time.
spock here......
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vidpro2
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posted on July 18, 2001 07:14:22 PM new
auctionpulse I should have mentioned that this was a cast iron piece. (my bad) All of the sextants that I checked on eBay were brass. I tend to agree with mrspock (how can you argue with a Vulcan?) that it probably wouldn't be made out of this material.
Thanks very much though!
vidpro2
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capotasto
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posted on July 18, 2001 07:32:01 PM new
I had one of them last year.
It is an all in one kitchen tool.
Stove lifter, meat tenderizer, jar opener, etc.
Mine looked good like yours, I suspect mine and yours are reproductions.
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vidpro2
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posted on July 18, 2001 08:08:14 PM new
capotasto did you have any luck selling it and did you ever find out a manufacturer?
Thanks,
vidpro2
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redpenner
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posted on July 19, 2001 11:26:28 AM new
It looks like it might be a tool used to open and maybe close the Bail Type glass fruit jars. That or a bending jig for flat metal strips. IF anyone knows for sure please let me know. [email protected] thank you.
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redpenner
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posted on July 19, 2001 10:17:45 PM new
I found it!
(Thanks to Larry and Carole Meeker at Meeker's patented-antiques.com)
I's a Thayer's 8-in-1 (or 9-in-1) trivet. There's a picture and description on their website:
http://www.patented-antiques.com/Backpages/Irons%20Bkpg/Laundry%20Bkpg/8in1_triv.htm
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breinhold
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posted on July 19, 2001 10:22:54 PM new
hey i was kinda right.....sort of...in a way.
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vidpro2
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posted on July 20, 2001 03:45:47 AM new
redpenner that is TRULY impressive detective work. Amazing!
Thanks so much!
vidpro2
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