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http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/



I finally found the ID on a previously unsolved object, number 98,
it's the slotted chrome holder with the clamp on the bottom. Here is
a photo of it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...tt65/pic98.jpg

I asked a few people about it when I was looking for more tools at an
antique show this morning and someone pointed me in the right
direction, turns out that it's a holder for inverted syrup bottles
used at old soda fountains. One can be seen in use at the center of
this photo:

http://longbeachheritagemuseum.com/e...dafountain.JPG




Rob

"R.H." wrote in message
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156 Band strap crimpier

157 A bad crown for a tooth.

159 Black smith punch

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Just guessing, but #155 looks like it functions like a shutter dog, to keep
window shutters open. Maybe for cabinet doors?

Patriarch

On 16 Oct 2004 15:50:05 -0700, (R.H.) wrote:

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155 is a catch to hold window shutters open and held back against the
wall.

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"R.H." wrote in message
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http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


156 Band strap crimpier

It's a crimper, though it was marked as being for something else, but you
may still be correct.

157 A bad crown for a tooth.

That would be one bad dentist.:-) The seller told me it was a game piece,
I've since found it is something entirely different.

159 Black smith punch

Not sure about this one, I'll put your suggestion on my list.

"patriarch astDOTnet" patriarch wrote in message
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(R.H.) wrote in
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Just posted some more photos, I'm not sure what numbers 155 and 159
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Just guessing, but #155 looks like it functions like a shutter dog, to
keep
window shutters open. Maybe for cabinet doors?

Patriarch


I did some searching and it looks like this is correct, as verified by this
site:

http://www.vintagehardware.com/shutt...are/l-116.html

Thanks for helping solve this one.

Rob

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On 16 Oct 2004 15:50:05 -0700, (R.H.) wrote:

Just posted some more photos, I'm not sure what numbers 155 and 159
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155 is a catch to hold window shutters open and held back against the
wall.


As I mentioned in my reply to Patriarch, this is correct.

On 16 Oct 2004 15:50:05 -0700, (R.H.) wrote:

Just posted some more photos, I'm not sure what numbers 155 and 159
a

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

The handle on 159 leads me to believe that it was cut off the handle
on an old cast-iron woodstove. I've seen dozens of them just like it,
though they were all longer, and still attached to the stove.
(They're not all that useful, BTW, they still get hotter than heck.)

I finally found the ID on a previously unsolved object, number 98,
it's the slotted chrome holder with the clamp on the bottom. Here is
a photo of it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...tt65/pic98.jpg

I asked a few people about it when I was looking for more tools at an
antique show this morning and someone pointed me in the right
direction, turns out that it's a holder for inverted syrup bottles
used at old soda fountains. One can be seen in use at the center of
this photo:

http://longbeachheritagemuseum.com/e...dafountain.JPG




Rob

On 16 Oct 2004 15:50:05 -0700, (R.H.) wrote:

Just posted some more photos, I'm not sure what numbers 155 and 159
a

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/



159 looks like a part of a metal stovepipe chimney damper. The other
part is the damper itself, point on then end helps puncture the stovepipe,
the wire handle helps let one work the damper when the chimney is hot.

"Bruce Barnett" wrote in message
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"R.H." writes:

157 A bad crown for a tooth.

That would be one bad dentist.:-) The seller told me it was a game
piece,
I've since found it is something entirely different.

It's a Lapidary item. (Rock Tumbling).

Not 100% sure, but I think that it's actually a piece of steel tumbling
media used when tumbling large pieces of metal.

"Prometheus" wrote in message
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On 16 Oct 2004 15:50:05 -0700, (R.H.) wrote:

Just posted some more photos, I'm not sure what numbers 155 and 159
a

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

The handle on 159 leads me to believe that it was cut off the handle
on an old cast-iron woodstove. I've seen dozens of them just like it,
though they were all longer, and still attached to the stove.
(They're not all that useful, BTW, they still get hotter than heck.)


This is the most probable answer, but I'm still waiting to see the image
sent from the anonymous commenter on my site who says he has a box of these
and that it's a picture hanging nail.

"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
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On 16 Oct 2004 15:50:05 -0700, (R.H.) wrote:

Just posted some more photos, I'm not sure what numbers 155 and 159
a

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/



159 looks like a part of a metal stovepipe chimney damper. The other
part is the damper itself, point on then end helps puncture the stovepipe,
the wire handle helps let one work the damper when the chimney is hot.


The wire handle is only an inch long, seems kind of small but you're
probably right.