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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 71631, member: 25"]This looks just like a vesta case without the striking area. It's about the normal size for a vesta, but the odd thing is it is spring loaded closed. I had to wedge it open to show the inside, which is a sheet of metal with a circular hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be very inconvenient to use as a cigar cutter, as you need two hands to open it. The hole is nearer one side than the other. Have the men in a shed somewhere used their crystal balls to form a plan to make something totally useless just to baffle af 80 years in the future. If so, they have succeeded. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is not surprising it is in excellent condition if no one knows what it is for.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18560[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18561[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, it is white metal, probably chromium plate, not silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 71631, member: 25"]This looks just like a vesta case without the striking area. It's about the normal size for a vesta, but the odd thing is it is spring loaded closed. I had to wedge it open to show the inside, which is a sheet of metal with a circular hole. It would be very inconvenient to use as a cigar cutter, as you need two hands to open it. The hole is nearer one side than the other. Have the men in a shed somewhere used their crystal balls to form a plan to make something totally useless just to baffle af 80 years in the future. If so, they have succeeded. It is not surprising it is in excellent condition if no one knows what it is for. [ATTACH=full]18560[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]18561[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]18562[/ATTACH] By the way, it is white metal, probably chromium plate, not silver.[/QUOTE]
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