More pics of "does anyone know what this was used for"?

[braggscowboy]

Made it it the antique shop today and got some more pics today. This is about 8" long, 1" wide, with the slide about 3/8" wide and the hole about 1/2"
made of brass and is hollow. The turned down or up,(which way you look at it) is about 1". I am thinking it is a removeable handle for something that may get hot since it is hollow. While there I saw a tool that he said he carried around to shows for 15 years and that he could not get identified. Said he found it in a book and it was to shock wheat the same size bundle. Looked like a pair of tongs with a short handle to squeeze. Made all bundles the same size I guess? Anyone ever see one?

[uncle Will in In.]

Made to lift lids on a wood cook stove.

[wy_white_wolf]

I used to have an old army cooking/mess kit that had a handle similiar to that. It was removeable so it wouldn't get hot when on the fire and fit a couple of different pots/pans. It also worked as a lock to hold the pans together when you nestled them.

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[jennigrey]

Originally Posted by wy_white_wolf

I used to have an old army cooking/mess kit that had a handle similiar to that. It was removeable so it wouldn't get hot when on the fire and fit a couple of different pots/pans. It also worked as a lock to hold the pans together when you nestled them.

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I bet that's it! Now that you mention it, I had one similar. The handle was aluminum, though. Interesting idea to make one out of brass. Mine was double-walled like this brass one. Keeps it even cooler. The depression on one side is a thumb-divot. The extra bit of metal rivited on the middle on the opposite side was, as you said, a latch to keep the nested set locked together.

[braggscowboy]

Originally Posted by wy_white_wolf

I used to have an old army cooking/mess kit that had a handle similiar to that. It was removeable so it wouldn't get hot when on the fire and fit a couple of different pots/pans. It also worked as a lock to hold the pans together when you nestled them.

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This is what I have been going with. I have a copper skillet (old) that has a handle that looks like it, but is attached.

[fordy]

...............Probably could straighten your crooked Front Teeth , if you drank enough Jack Daniels , first ! , fordy

[braggscowboy]

Has to be someone out there that knows just what this was for or has used one? I will be disappointed if the homesteaders don't know.

[||Downhome||]

I think its a handle off a old strop.

The divot/impression, is to secure the leather strap to the handle.

the clip and that ear may have secured something to the strop perhaps a sharpening stone.
and of coarse the hole was to hang it.

[||Downhome||]

Look at the way the clip is designed, the bend at the top is a stop and then the clip and I'm willing to bet the ear has some spring to it to apply pressure and secure what ever clipped in it.

[braggscowboy]

Originally Posted by ||Downhome||

Look at the way the clip is designed, the bend at the top is a stop and then the clip and I'm willing to bet the ear has some spring to it to apply pressure and secure what ever clipped in it.

No spring!