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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 1864071, member: 50"]I tried calling it a whetstone holder and found a similar item in a NY museum. It looks much older to my eye than yours I think. They call is a whetstone quiver or Wetzsteinköcher ("whetstone quiver") and a Wetzsteintasche ("whetstone pocket")</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/whetstone-holder-0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/whetstone-holder-0" rel="nofollow">https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/whetstone-holder-0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.nyhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/exhibitions_slideshow/public/emuseum_real//INV_755%255Bdup%255D.jpg?itok=8zKBlGqi" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i>Reapers filled these carved wooden flasks with water, strapped them onto their belts and carried them into the fields in order to keep a whetstone moist in the event that they needed to sharpen their scythe. Though prevalent throughout northern Europe, the shape and ornamentation of this oblong cylindrical holder is characteristic of the Swiss type, which often featured carved running ornaments and rosettes or painted hearts, bull's eyes and flowers. The flask, which was alternatively called a Wetzsteinköcher ("whetstone quiver") and a Wetzsteintasche ("whetstone pocket"), featured a tapered point at the base that allowed peasants to stake the quiver upright into the ground when resting from their labors in the fields, thus preventing the water from pouring out of the opening at the top.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 1864071, member: 50"]I tried calling it a whetstone holder and found a similar item in a NY museum. It looks much older to my eye than yours I think. They call is a whetstone quiver or Wetzsteinköcher ("whetstone quiver") and a Wetzsteintasche ("whetstone pocket") [URL]https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/whetstone-holder-0[/URL] [IMG]https://www.nyhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/exhibitions_slideshow/public/emuseum_real//INV_755%255Bdup%255D.jpg?itok=8zKBlGqi[/IMG] [I]Reapers filled these carved wooden flasks with water, strapped them onto their belts and carried them into the fields in order to keep a whetstone moist in the event that they needed to sharpen their scythe. Though prevalent throughout northern Europe, the shape and ornamentation of this oblong cylindrical holder is characteristic of the Swiss type, which often featured carved running ornaments and rosettes or painted hearts, bull's eyes and flowers. The flask, which was alternatively called a Wetzsteinköcher ("whetstone quiver") and a Wetzsteintasche ("whetstone pocket"), featured a tapered point at the base that allowed peasants to stake the quiver upright into the ground when resting from their labors in the fields, thus preventing the water from pouring out of the opening at the top.[/I][/QUOTE]
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