Thursday, January 12, 2012

Set 423

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2449. 18" long:

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2450. This was sent in by a visitor who is looking to identify it:




























2451. 6' long, also explain why the short inside walls are slightly sloped:

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2452. 1-1/4" x 1-1/8":
































2453. 9-1/2" long:

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Another version of the same tool:

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2454. The largest one is about 16" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2449. A steak tenderizer:

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2450. Two different people positively identified this hook for holding a mail bag, similar to the ones in this photo and patent number 236,328:




























2451. According to the owner this is a watering trough for horses and the internal walls are sloped so that the rock won't get cracked by ice:

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2452. A shotgun shell extractor, as seen in the third photo on this page:
































2453. A tool for applying the lids to bushel baskets, patent number 1,938,807:

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Another version of the same tool:

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2454. Text next to this museum display read: "Set of seven steel caulking chisels used on the Great Lakes schooner Mary A. Gregory, c. 1900. Captain John Harry Woltman used these chisels on the schooner to drive caulk between the wooden planks of the ship. Some of the chisels have his initials "J.H.W" inscribed on them."

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8 comments:

  1. 2453. Tool to remove tyre from rim?

    2454. Leather working tools, Japanese or Chinese.

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  2. 2449 i dont't expect it to be a Mace (club)..

    2450 my best guess:

    http://www.lederweigel-shop.de/popup_image.php/pID/4696/imgID/1

    2451 are the inner walls slightly sloped to preven damage

    2452 made me corious

    2453 no idea

    2454 no comment as neatorama game has not jet started...

    b.

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  3. 2451 are the inner walls slightly sloped to preven damage by freezing water?

    B

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  4. 2454 Caulking irons used in ship building.

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  5. These are masonry tools. One for severing bricks and the other is for cleaning out mortar joints.

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  6. >2451 are the inner walls slightly >sloped to preven damage by freezing >water?


    Good guess! This is correct.

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  7. 2450 is a hook for a bag rack to hang mail bags and pouches. They slide on a pipe and 4 of them hang each bag. When the bag is full you just flip them up and they slide out of the holes in the bag and it drops so you can tie it out. Russ Retired USPS

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  8. 2449. Honey dipper

    2451. Horse trough

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