Name That Tool #2 & #3

wff_ng_7 said:

Hopefully these two will be a bit more difficult to figure out! ;-)

They are both used in the kitchen and are both "old" (but I won't say how old).
Both are used for tasks that are still done today in the kitchen, but in more
modern versions.

Here's the first one. What is it and why is it shaped the way it is?
http://i6.tinypic.com/6gsumgz.jpg
http://i4.tinypic.com/4vrztwi.jpg

My first thought is grease pail, though I suppose it
could be a milk pail.

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Here's the second one. It is used for a more common task than the first one.
http://i7.tinypic.com/63cshzn.jpg

Probably not a meat tenderizer.

Mark Thorson said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Hopefully these two will be a bit more difficult to figure out! ;-)

They are both used in the kitchen and are both "old" (but I won't say how
old).
Both are used for tasks that are still done today in the kitchen, but in more
modern versions.

Here's the first one. What is it and why is it shaped the way it is?
http://i6.tinypic.com/6gsumgz.jpg
http://i4.tinypic.com/4vrztwi.jpg

My first thought is grease pail, though I suppose it
could be a milk pail.

Not either of those.

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Quoted message said:

Here's the second one. It is used for a more common task than the first one.
http://i7.tinypic.com/63cshzn.jpg

Probably not a meat tenderizer.

Not a meat tenderizer. I guess you could use it to tenderize stew beef one cube
at a time!

You doubted these would be more difficult? ;-)

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wff_ng_7 said:

Not a meat tenderizer. I guess you could use it to tenderize stew beef
one cube at a time!

Ice crusher! One cube at a time.

Mark Thorson said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Not a meat tenderizer. I guess you could use it to tenderize stew beef
one cube at a time!

Ice crusher! One cube at a time.

I was afraid using the word "cube" might give it away. It says right on it: "ice
cube breaker". I would think it was made sometime between 1920 and 1950. I use
it to break up ice for mixed drinks, and I presume that's what people generally
used it for.

No more ideas on the other item?

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wff_ng_7 said:

Hopefully these two will be a bit more difficult to figure out! ;-)

They are both used in the kitchen and are both "old" (but I won't say how old).
Both are used for tasks that are still done today in the kitchen, but in more
modern versions.

Here's the first one. What is it and why is it shaped the way it is?http://i6.tinypic.com/6gsumgz.jpghttp://i4.tinypic.com/4vrztwi.jpg

Here's the second one. It is used for a more common task than the first one.http://i7.tinypic.com/63cshzn.jpg

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Swiss cheese hole maker? Garlic press? Dough docker? Ice tongs?

merryb said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Hopefully these two will be a bit more difficult to figure out! ;-)

They are both used in the kitchen and are both "old" (but I won't say how old).
Both are used for tasks that are still done today in the kitchen, but in more
modern versions.

Here's the first one. What is it and why is it shaped the way it is?http://i6.tinypic.com/6gsumgz.jpghttp://i4.tinypic.com/4vrztwi.jpg

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It is a pudding pot. I have one just like it, sans the bottom flair.

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Quoted message said:

Hopefully these two will be a bit more difficult to figure out! ;-)

They are both used in the kitchen and are both "old" (but I won't say how old).
Both are used for tasks that are still done today in the kitchen, but in more
modern versions.

Here's the first one. What is it and why is it shaped the way it is?
http://i6.tinypic.com/6gsumgz.jpg
http://i4.tinypic.com/4vrztwi.jpg

Here's the second one. It is used for a more common task than the first one.
http://i7.tinypic.com/63cshzn.jpg

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My guess would be pressure cookers...since my grandmother had one that was pretty
darned similar to the larger of the two. Where did you get them, if you don't mind my
asking? I would be scared to death to use them for pressure cooking, but as a display
or a vase or something they'd be quite cool.

Thanks!

kimberly

merryb said:

Swiss cheese hole maker? Garlic press? Dough docker? Ice tongs?

It'a an old Mafia torture instrument used on fingers, toes, nose,
earls and anthing else it will fit around.

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Nexis said:

My guess would be pressure cookers...since my grandmother had one that was
pretty darned similar to the larger of the two. Where did you get them, if you
don't mind my asking? I would be scared to death to use them for pressure
cooking, but as a display or a vase or something they'd be quite cool.

You're in the wrong thread! ;-) That was in "Name That Tool #1".

Those two are pressure cookers. I got them on eBay a while ago, the first one
maybe two years ago and the second one about a year ago.

They come up for sale every once in a while on eBay. There's currently one for
sale at an exhorbitant price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250022807939

I didn't pay a tenth of what that person wants for either of mine. I got my
first big one for about $27 and the second smaller one for about $10. Plus
shipping, of course.

If you do a search for "cast iron" "pressure cooker" and select search title and
description, you'll find them. But the first one I got wasn't listed as a
pressure cooker since the seller didn't know what it was. I came across it by
accident. You tend to get better deals when the seller has no idea what an item
is, and when people can't find it due to the description being inaccurate. I'm
sure both of mine are worth way more than I paid for them.

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sf said:

merryb said:

Swiss cheese hole maker? Garlic press? Dough docker? Ice tongs?

It'a an old Mafia torture instrument used on fingers, toes, nose,
earls and anthing else it will fit around.

More likely something the Marquis de Sade would come up with... maybe he'd use
it as a "ball crusher"! ;-)

But no, it's not an instrument of torture.

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wff_ng_7 said:

Hopefully these two will be a bit more difficult to figure out! ;-)

They are both used in the kitchen and are both "old" (but I won't say how
old). Both are used for tasks that are still done today in the kitchen, but in
more modern versions.

Here's the first one. What is it and why is it shaped the way it is?
http://i6.tinypic.com/6gsumgz.jpg
http://i4.tinypic.com/4vrztwi.jpg

Since no one seems to be able to figure out what this is, I'll tell everyone.
It's a clam steamer from sometime in the 1800s. I was told around 1850 or so.
The strange shape at the bottom is so that it can be dropped in a burner hole on
a wood stove after you remove a lid. If you look very closely at the second
photo, you can see that the very bottom is copper to improve the heat transfer.

The other notable feature on it is the metal channel down the side. The purpose
of that is to draw off the excess steam from the top of the pot and channel it
down into the stove, where it will be carried off by the chimney draft with the
smoke. I also have an "odorless" cast iron skillet that is based on this same
concept to draw the cooking odors into the stove.

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wff_ng_7 said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Hopefully these two will be a bit more difficult to figure out! ;-)

Quoted message said:

They are both used in the kitchen and are both "old" (but I won't say how
old). Both are used for tasks that are still done today in the kitchen, but in
more modern versions.

Quoted message said:

Here's the first one. What is it and why is it shaped the way it is?
http://i6.tinypic.com/6gsumgz.jpg
http://i4.tinypic.com/4vrztwi.jpg

Since no one seems to be able to figure out what this is, I'll tell everyone.
It's a clam steamer from sometime in the 1800s. I was told around 1850 or so.
The strange shape at the bottom is so that it can be dropped in a burner hole on
a wood stove after you remove a lid. If you look very closely at the second
photo, you can see that the very bottom is copper to improve the heat transfer.

The other notable feature on it is the metal channel down the side. The purpose
of that is to draw off the excess steam from the top of the pot and channel it
down into the stove, where it will be carried off by the chimney draft with the
smoke. I also have an "odorless" cast iron skillet that is based on this same
concept to draw the cooking odors into the stove.

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So, have you revealed the 2nd mystery item yet? Inquiring minds and
all that...

merryb said:

So, have you revealed the 2nd mystery item yet? Inquiring minds and
all that...

I already revealed it after another poster guessed it from a hint I gave. It's
an ice cube breaker made sometime between the 1920s and 1950s by Dandy of NYC. I
use it to crack ice for mixed drinks. I presume that's what its intended purpose
was. It says "ICE CUBE BREAKER" right on one jaw and "DANDY NYC" on the other
jaw.

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wff_ng_7 said:

It's a clam steamer from sometime in the 1800s.

Nah - that's not it. Give me some more time and I'll get it
eventually.

-sw <thinking>

Steve Wertz said:

wff_ng_7 said:

It's a clam steamer from sometime in the 1800s.

Nah - that's not it. Give me some more time and I'll get it
eventually.

-sw <thinking>

The person that sold it to me said it was a clam steamer and gave the date as
being 1850s.

The interior has a perforated insert that sits on the mid level ridge. There was
also a second smaller perforated insert that sat on the lower ridge, but it is
missing. Two things could be steamed at once, sort of like those multi-level
Chinese bamboo steamers.

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wff_ng_7 said:

merryb said:

So, have you revealed the 2nd mystery item yet? Inquiring minds and
all that...

I already revealed it after another poster guessed it from a hint I gave. It's
an ice cube breaker made sometime between the 1920s and 1950s by Dandy of NYC. I
use it to crack ice for mixed drinks. I presume that's what its intended purpose
was. It says "ICE CUBE BREAKER" right on one jaw and "DANDY NYC" on the other
jaw.

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Hey, at least I got the ice part right! I need to figure out how to
post pics here- I have a copper pot that has a specific purpose that
might be fun to try to guess.

wff_ng_7 said:

Steve Wertz said:

wff_ng_7 said:

It's a clam steamer from sometime in the 1800s.

Nah - that's not it. Give me some more time and I'll get it
eventually.

-sw <thinking>

The person that sold it to me said it was a clam steamer and gave the date as
being 1850s.

I know. I don't doubt you. I was being sarcastic.

It's like when somebody comes up to you that you haven't seen for
a while and forgot their name, you say, "Oh, hello...uh....uh...".
And then realizing your forgetfulness, they say something like
"The name's Mike". And then you respond, "No, no, that's not it.
But give me a minute and I'll remember..."

I guess you'd have to be there ;-)

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

I know. I don't doubt you. I was being sarcastic.

I thought that might be the case, but I didn't see a smiley! ;-)

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merryb said:

Hey, at least I got the ice part right! I need to figure out how to
post pics here- I have a copper pot that has a specific purpose that
might be fun to try to guess.

I saw the ice tongs guess. Close, but no cigar! ;-)

It's pretty easy to post pictures using the method I use. Go to www.tinypic.com
and click on "browse". A window will come up where you can select a file off
your PC. Then you click "upload". A new page comes up and it has links that you
copy and paste into your rfc post. I select the bottom format marked "Direct
Link for Layouts" by clicking the "copy" button to the right of it. Then you put
it into your post by right clicking and selecting "paste".

I just tried it out again to confirm the steps and uploaded the following
picture:

http://i15.tinypic.com/4t7krbn.jpg

I'm not going to ask anyone to guess this one, but it is an aluminum silver
alloy knife made over 100 years ago.

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