Sunday, December 04, 2005

Mystery #53


Do you know what this is? Post your guesses in the comments.

7 comments:

  1. Hmm - something in a basement is about all I've gathered so far...

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  2. Maybe a tea kettle or a butter churner?

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  3. I'm with paul. I think it's a pencil sharpener.

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  4. I used one of these mechanical pencils during high school -- mostly to be different. The lead was much more durable than the old #2 Ticonderoga. At least that's how I remember it. The sharpeners created a much finer point than the Boston sharpeners.

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  5. Yep... it's one of those fancy old pencil sharpeners. I wondered if anybody would remember them.

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  6. It's a lead pointer, as opposed to a pencil sharpener.

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  7. yup: a lead pointer.

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