Posted 10 years ago
jonima
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I was at the local flea market this morning and got these two items. I have no idea what either of them are for and neither did the guys selling them. But for $1 each, I couldn't pass them up. Anyone have any ideas? The longer piece is 9 1/4 inches long and is obviously multifunctional at each end. It almost looks like a handle to remove the grates from an old coal stove, but there's more to it than that. It has the number 2256 stamped on the end of it. And the smaller piece obviously presses something together, but what? Thanks for any help!
John
Always wondered what 1 looked like!
Now you know. One what? :)
Definitely a thingamajig.
pops52, which one?
The one your holding. The other is a doohickey.
Ok, thanks. I knew someone here would know what they are. :)
It's a Knuter valve! :-)
Had to Google that one. Never heard of it. :)
Back 40 years ago working at the gas station I heard that one day. The mechanic was telling a lady that it needed to be replaced on her car.
Possibly a considibble or an identifit? If it's a whatchamacallit, I've misled for yrs.!
All kidding aside, what you have there jonima, is a couple of vintage doodads.
Nice find!
I figured for $1, I couldn't go wrong. I hate leaving the flea market empty handed.
If anything, great conversation pieces.
Pops, you are only partially correct. I think you may be right about the upper/bottom one being a doodad, but the other is definitely a rollicking rod! Jonima, do you have any other items you want identified?
Not tonight, but I plan on going to the flea market again tomorrow morning.
Oh s--t. here we go again!
I will leave you with this little tidbit.
“ There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.
There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know.
But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
Jono! Sa wha!!!!! Luv it!
I'll only spoil half the fun here, the top one is a nut cracker.
Thanks, rocker-sd. That was the first thing I thought of, but then it just seemed too industrial and heavy duty for that. But now that I look, I do find some other ones on the www that say they're nutcrackers.