What Is It? - #25

Diwundrin said:
"Warmer" as in use or locale? Industrial or domestic?

A left fielder, is it anything to do with measuring woodwork, e.g. architrave/mouldings shapes?? Some of those curves and ridges look vaguely familiar.
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No, "warmer" as in the old kid's game - "You're getting warmer!" as they approach the hidden whatever ...

Domestic, not industrial, although again it could be used in an industrial setting.

Anne said:
Something for cutting pasta; measuring servings??
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No, nothing to do with pasta in that sense ...

That Guy said:
Ah . . . my technique of letting guess get warm . . . something to do with pie crusts???
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It could be, but not in the way you're thinking ...

Jillaroo said:
Is it for running around the edge of the uncooked pie to make a ridge edge and seal it???
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Nope, not a pie-crust-edge-sealer-thingie, but nice guess ...

Diwundrin said:
Yes, pies is what I had in mind with the pastry question too. Apple sounds good to me.

You know we're just feeding Phil's Machiavellian need to rub his hands together and go bwaaaahahaha don't you? :cool::biggrin-new:
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BWAAAAAAH - hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! You have to get the right inflection ...

rkunsaw said:
I can't even come up with a guess. It looks like it would catch something in the hooks as it rolls around.
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I suppose if it rolled around it would ...

That Guy said:
Shhhhh, don't encourage him...
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I need no encouragement - I was born evil.

Anne said:
So I guess this would be used in the kitchen?? Garage??
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Which one? :playful:
 

That thing is really odd looking - does it do more than one thing?? Y'know, like a swiss army knife kinda thing??? :lost: :D
 
I think it might be a gadget used with an old wood kitchen range. It might be for cleaning in the little grooves and top of the stove, or for lifting some small part.
Another thought, maybe it is used for taking corn off of the cob. It looks to me like it might be able to do that sort of thing.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
I think it might be a gadget used with an old wood kitchen range. It might be for cleaning in the little grooves and top of the stove, or for lifting some small part.
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Ahhh; lifting the lid on the burners, maybe?? The little hook could be a bottle opener...the round things for jar openers...

arrrgghhh; LOL
 
Happyflowerlady said:
I think it might be a gadget used with an old wood kitchen range. It might be for cleaning in the little grooves and top of the stove, or for lifting some small part.
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Anne said:
Ahhh; lifting the lid on the burners, maybe?? The little hook could be a bottle opener...the round things for jar openers...

arrrgghhh; LOL
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DING! DING! DING!

We have TWO winners - HappyFlowerLady and Anne!

It's a WH Thayer 7 in One Kitchen Aid tool. Patented May 24th 1881. It can be used as a trivet, stove lid lifter, boiled pot lifter, meat tenderizer, bottle opener,pie crimper and candle holder.

And, I suppose, when under attack by kitchen ninjas, improvised brass knuckles. :D

There was one listed on eBay a while back for around $70 but no takers. Supposedly it was relisted but I couldn't see where it ever sold. A few auction houses listed the value between $80-$150.

Excellent job, ladies! And to everyone else, thanks for playing!

Watch for What Is It? - #26, where we'll get to watch That Guy's head explode! Yay! :playful:




ETA: And I just saw in my description that it DOES say "pie crust crimper", so Diwundrin, Jillaroo and That Guy ALSO share first place and we now have FIVE winners! My deepest apologies for missing those replies on the previous page.
 
Wow...that's done, now I can go to bed. :p J/K; lots of winner here, and I'm gonna thank Happyflowerlady, since she mentioned the wood stove, and I thought of the gadget my parents had to lift the burner covers....

So they had the multi-use gadgets back then?? Bet they were made a h*ll of a lot better than the junk we see now. :D
 
Our grandparents had the most heavy-duty gadgets .. of course, with the emphasis on heavy!
The good ole cast iron skillets and pots? .. Anyone use these?

For some reason I decided that was the way to go a while back... got a couple pots/skillets when I wanted to boycott 'Chinese-made' everything. They really do the job .. but they sit in the cupboard until I decide to season them ... then I only get them out when I've had my Wheaties! A real work-out.
 
The Grans had a fuel stove but the only tools I remember were a scoop shovel (coal fueled), a poker and a toasting fork. For some reason toast tasted different, and better, from an open coal fire than wood fueled ones. Must have mining in the DNA. :glee:
 
WOW! Congrats to all the winners on this one! :D Holy Toledo!, I would've never guessed that gizmo, lol! Can't wait to see That Guy's head explode on the next one, kinda like popping a balloon at a birthday party! :playful: :happybday:
 
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