In article pMhtf.80$Z74.60@trndny06,
"Alexander Thesoso" wrote:

550 I'm surprised nobody got this yet.

It is an Ice Crusher / Ice-Pick. You put a few ice cubes in a 1-pint pyrex
measuring cup and smash them into crushed ice. The impact when the handle
slams down to its limit breaks the ice.

It works, but has a flaw... Tends to chip off ground glass from the bottom
of the cup.


"R.H." wrote in message
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This week's photos have just been posted:

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Rob


My grandmother, who still had an icebox with great blocks of ice
delivered twice a week, used something very like this to chip off ice
for cold drinks and the like.

I don't recall whether it slid up into the handle in the way you
describe, but it has been over 60 years since I last saw it.