Tool Talk

What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: PDRPrescott on April 04, 2019, 01:36:04 PM

Title: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: PDRPrescott on April 04, 2019, 01:36:04 PM
From my dad's shop. Is it a weapon or a tool?
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: oldgoaly on April 04, 2019, 02:10:07 PM
Is it foam on the fat end? maybe some kind of a float? sump pump maybe?
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: PDRPrescott on April 04, 2019, 05:10:33 PM
The end is shaped rock. Limestone, I think. The handle is forged iron, definitely blacksmith style. It has no marks on the rock.
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: amecks on April 04, 2019, 05:48:58 PM
What size is it?  Random guess....window sash weight?
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: wvtools on April 04, 2019, 08:55:17 PM
I wonder if it could be a bed warmer.  The ones I have had were flat pieces of soapstone with a wire handle.  They were heated on the stove and then rubbed on the sheets before you went to bed.
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: PDRPrescott on April 05, 2019, 10:34:09 AM
It is 12 inches long, and quite heavy. It has scraped areas on the stone, so I was wondering if it is something like a portable grind stone.
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: oldgoaly on April 05, 2019, 11:31:18 AM
sandstone is common for grinding, limestone? no idea.
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: PDRPrescott on April 05, 2019, 11:55:16 AM
Could be sandstone. I'm not a geologist. :wink:
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: Danks on April 05, 2019, 02:15:23 PM
Could it be a fire lighter, my great uncle had something very similar, it has a piece of red brick on the end of it. He use to soak it overnight in a jar of kerosene, pull it out in the morning place it under some pine cones and light it up, the kerosene would burn for several minutes before it went out. the wire hand and brick were pulled out and stood alongside of the wood stove, then before bed he would take the lid off the jar and put it in there ready for the next morning. Cheers
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: PDRPrescott on April 05, 2019, 04:19:09 PM
Interesting concept. But wouldn't there be signs of scorching on the rock?
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: oldgoaly on April 05, 2019, 05:24:13 PM
could it be for some type of weight for a fishing line, I'm no fisherman but it seems to me there were some nets and traps to catch some river / creek fish.
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: jimandkc on March 31, 2020, 01:39:50 PM
       
Dank is right. It comes with an iron pot and it is used for lighting a fireplace 
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: jimandkc on March 31, 2020, 01:41:31 PM
                    Its called a cape cod lighter.
Title: Re: Another strange tool for you to identify
Post by: bill300d on March 31, 2020, 02:22:34 PM
Danks and jimandkc are correct. Also known as a fire starter.