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  1. vintagerobin

    vintagerobin Well-Known Member

    100_3579.JPG 100_3586.JPG 100_3587.JPG You helped so much with my last oddity, I'm back with more.

    I think this is a dental pick with a bone handle. I'm not sure if it's a personal use item or a dentist's tool. It would help in my research if I could make out the name on the metal.

    What does it look like to you? I think I have it turned in the right direction because it's turned as it would be in the right hand. Being left handed myself, I spent a while looking at it turned the other way. :shame:

    Any help is greatly appreciated.
     
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    vintagerobin, Jun 13, 2023
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  2. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

    I think it's HELMOLD

    And something surgical more than dental is my guess.
     
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  4. vintagerobin

    vintagerobin Well-Known Member

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  6. vintagerobin

    vintagerobin Well-Known Member

    Thank you!
     
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  7. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    Maybe @Kronos can help with the results of that listing.

    I found a plain all-metal one made by someone else that sold for $87.00 & this one ends on the 15th with a bid of $45.00 right now. :happy::happy:

    Nice find!! :D
     
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  8. Kronos

    Kronos Well-Known Member

    $50.00 (2020)
     
    Kronos, Jun 13, 2023
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  9. vintagerobin

    vintagerobin Well-Known Member

    I have a Worthopedia account I can see it sold for $50.

    I bought this as part of a vanity set of nail tools. I don't think the owner had any idea what it was. It's like the last medical instrument I showed up with for info. It was thrown in with some sewing tools.
     
    vintagerobin, Jun 14, 2023
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  10. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    Thank God for uninformed sellers!! :happy::happy:
     
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  11. vintagerobin

    vintagerobin Well-Known Member

    Well, I was an uninformed buyer too. lol

    But. I do like to buy unusual things and find out what they are. I bought something else in a box of jewelrylast night that I'll be posting soon.
     
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