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9th February 2007, 01:34 PM #1
What tool is this #2764
Hello people of the world,
Yes its time for another what tool is this thread.
This little fella was one of the old man's its marked GREGSTEEL with the old Dept of Defence D↑D
What is it and what is/was it used for ?
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9th February 2007, 02:38 PM #2
It's obviously a dohickey.
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9th February 2007, 02:50 PM #3
Looks like a home made bottle opener. Remember, when your father was young there wasn't any twist-tops. Yep, that's it. A bottle opener!
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9th February 2007, 02:51 PM #4
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9th February 2007, 04:48 PM #5
Google provided some hits indicating Gregsteel was a knife manufacturer. Looks like this would have been pulled toward the top of your pic. No idea of what the hook is for. It seems there's a special interest group for knife collecting. Maybe you could contact some folks in the Google hits.
[Any clues from his trade? Especially around WW2 through 1970s? They (in Oz) apparently were significant vendors to armed forces, including USA.]
JoeLast edited by joe greiner; 9th February 2007 at 04:52 PM. Reason: [added]
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Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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9th February 2007, 04:58 PM #6
Come on guys focus.......
One other thing the egde away from the handle is sharpened and slightly curved upwards which seems to suggest some scraping type function.
GREGSTEEL 1912 -1975 supplied stuff for Defence Dept such as knives bayonets etc.
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10th February 2007, 07:59 AM #7
Thanks Joe I did the same - google that is, and have sent off to one of the Australian military knife sites seeking info, nothing yet I'm afraid.
There are so many military or ex military personal around here I'm sure some one will know what it is.
I was wandering if the notch was to handle something hot like a spent shell? but why would you need a blade?
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10th February 2007, 08:59 AM #8
definetly a dohickeey.....spelt with two 'e' 's though.
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10th February 2007, 09:08 AM #9Registered
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We had some containers in the shop that used to have 1 single shell in them, Im talking big like 2' long and about 4" in diameter.
They had a push in tin lid that has a lip on it, I suggest the dohickeeey is to take off the lid.
Imagine the finger nails it would save?
Al
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10th February 2007, 09:27 AM #10
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10th February 2007, 03:49 PM #12
Alright already - call it a dohickeey and spell it any ef'n way you like!
Al, this particular dohickeey's been sitting in a tool box at home for about 8 years and I'd look at it and think yeah some sort of paint tin opener/scraper thing but not really give it any thought.
But for it to be a lid opener the lid woulh have to protrude beyond the wall of the tin - I've never seen a tin with a lid like that.
My guess still is that it is used to pick up something hot like crucible or something.
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10th February 2007, 04:13 PM #13
Gregsteel
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10th February 2007, 04:14 PM #14
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10th February 2007, 04:22 PM #15
Thanks Sheddy, I've shot them off an email, we'll se how it goes.
Edit billy hook? Bit ornate but it may work. I guess then you could use the scraper for your burnt toast.
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