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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9528102, member: 76316"]It's a rare thing for me to be unable to identify a hand tool...but this has me stumped. I will offer, as guesses: 1) a percussive musical instrument, perhaps used with some other item; 2) for use in the fiber arts.</p><p><br /></p><p>An image search in Google offers 'toys' & 'mouth-opener'; the toys have holes in the big end, the mouth-openers have some form of handle or grip on the big end; neither are present here. I have low confidence in any of those possibilities.</p><p>It's 5 1/8" long, ~1/2" to ~1 1/2" diameter, 6 TPI, ~53 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452413[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452415[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452416[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9528102, member: 76316"]It's a rare thing for me to be unable to identify a hand tool...but this has me stumped. I will offer, as guesses: 1) a percussive musical instrument, perhaps used with some other item; 2) for use in the fiber arts. An image search in Google offers 'toys' & 'mouth-opener'; the toys have holes in the big end, the mouth-openers have some form of handle or grip on the big end; neither are present here. I have low confidence in any of those possibilities. It's 5 1/8" long, ~1/2" to ~1 1/2" diameter, 6 TPI, ~53 grams. Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]452413[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452415[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452416[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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