✅ SOLVED Anybody know what this weird contraption is?

[creskol]

Surgical grade stainless steel, 7 inches long, 1 inch ID on the cup portion

 

[stefen]

Hell...just make a lamp out of it..

 

[creskol]

Hell...just make a lamp out of it..

I could do that .. Then we could identify it as lamp parts. Or, I could make a candle holder out of it, and ID it as a candle holder. However, i took it to the town historian and was told it appears to be a homemade bullet of some sort.....my find has been identified as a bullet and that is what it is..Darn It!

 

[cw0909]

w.a.g. the guts of a vintage pastry piper

 

[Breezie]

Creskol, before you make a bullet lamp candle holder out of it , I think it will be safe to say it's a 'sampler.' I found a pic of a stainless steel sampler that can be used on cheese, ice, wax, and grease. It doesn't look quite like yours, but this one could be the modern version. I'm wondering if Mom & Pop didn't sell these to people who killed hogs and needed lard/grease samples. It is listed on the website below, and it's the next to the last listing on the page. Breezie
Liquid and Cream Samplers

Also check out these split core samplers:
http://www.durhamgeo.com/testing/soils/field-testing-amssteelsamp.html
http://www.schuettgut-portal.com/newsitem/4671/gentle-sampling-from-downpipes.html

 

[Paleopilot]

I'm still wondering about the doughnut maker angle.

 

[Paleopilot]

Update! My significant other, (the boss) just confirmed the doughnut maker theory.

 

[Paleopilot]

Surgical grade stainless steel, 7 inches long, 1 inch ID on the cup portion

Here is a similar one... still can't find one that is not aluminum. Hmmm....still searching....

 

[mrmrsbenoit]

can u give a history of the area you found it in.... like farm land, old home sted.....

 

[cudamark]

I'm still wondering about the doughnut maker angle.

I think you're the closest. Looks like a kitchen gadget to me.....dispenser of some sort. Maybe for making even sized pan cakes. Dip the whole thing into the batter, hold it over the griddle, then open the bottom to allow the batter to flow out.

 

[CaliShawnNokc]

Sorry to hurt any feelings, but this is not an item for injection. You would need to have leverage for that (ie. finger bar) and the object itself is not long enough for that either. Think of a syringe in order to PUSH the liquid out you would need a plunger coming out of the cylinder, not to mention that you would need a place for two fingers and the loop holds the thumb. So since the loop would be for pulling, this thing looks like it would be for collecting samples of soil, or fluid. (more than likely fluid because of the metal bar that is crossing the opening) Chances are pretty high that this was for collecting well water samples to make sure it was good enough to drink. I'm with Vagabondy3 and Archeodeb on this one!

 

[creskol]

I agree that it is a sampler for something.. I think it is too short for a well sampler .. I think I will subscribe to Breezie's theory that it is a cream sampler or butter fat sampler.

I know it isn't a Whitman's Chocolate Sampler!

 

[DCMatt]

For transfering chemicals from a large container into a smaller one without touching or spilling.

DCMatt

 

[BuckleBoy]

WELL DONE, DCMatt!!!!

 

[creskol]

Okay .. I jumped the gun on marking this solved ... GREAT ID DCMatt ... Solved Now! Thanks!

 

[Breezie]

YEAH! Way to go Matt on finding those pics!!! I was glad to see a green check on this one, and REALLY GLAD to know it wasn't something medical!

Creskol, you really didn't jump the gun that much because most thought it was a 'sampler.' We just didn't know what kind of sampler it was until Matt found the pics. On the website site, it is called a EasySampler.
http://www.buerkle.de/en/shop/_easysampler.html

Breezie

 

[kuger]

...this place!!!

 

[yaxthri]

Great id DCMatt!

 

[ctalmadg]

My Pa said it's a tool for taking samples in raw milk - fills with milk under the heavier cream layer on top.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

My Pa said it's a tool for taking samples in raw milk - fills with milk under the heavier cream layer on top.

u must have been one of the first members in 2003.

 

[ctalmadg]

u must have been one of the first members in 2003.

It just feels like yesterday! - this place has come a long way since then!