✅ SOLVED put you hats on for this one

[unclemac]

I have no idea at all....notice the hexagon shape on the one end....

 

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[aquachigger]

Remember that thread a few years ago where the finder went on and on how what he had found was NOT a lipstick tube but some rare rifle cartridge or something. After what seemed like a hundred comments he finally twisted it open and guess what, it WAS a lipstick tube. I give him credit for finally admitting you were right. Now this guy says it's "not hollow" and "but it is lighter that it should be if it were solid" in the very same post. LOL. It's deja vu all over again. I wonder what HE wants it to be?

There are some other possibilities beside a lipstick tube. Since it does have Rhinestone jewels at the end, more than likely it was made for a woman, and it is the size that would fit inside of a purse. Here are some of the other items that are shaped/made the same way: #1 Vintage pill tube container. #2 Vintage lint brush. #3 Vintage perfume tube. #4 Victorian smelling salts.

One of the easiest ways to find out, is to drill a tiny hole in the end, then run a small wire inside to see if there is lipstick at the base or if there is any powder residue from pills or the smell of perfume or sachet.

I'd like to see some close-up pics of the hex base and the tip. Interesting find, Breezie

BTW, lipstick tube bases are not all round; they were made square and other shapes to prevent them from rolling off of a vanity table and to sit up easily. The pic below is a vintage tube with a larger square base.

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[Gunrunner61]

Imma going with Breezie on this one. And say lipstick tube. Couse it sure ain't a welding tip! ...............HH

 

[unclemac]

"not hollow" as in not a tube that is open on both ends the way a welding tip would be. It actually bends (compresses) easily in a vice like a lipstick tube would but will not budge to left nor right.

 

[Breezie]

Hack saw? Breezie

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Alignment or location pin?

 

[unclemac]

now hold on here...I wasn't thinking of busting it up! but I suppose I could work on it a bit more.

 

[k3travel]

Are u sure it is not a spent round from a fighter jet cause I I do recall I saw one of those is another thread and it was some kind of high impact explosive round

 

[tncreeker]

Man!!! Wish I had seen this post 3 days ago. I found a tube with the EXACT hex. end a couple months ago. Well I`m packing to move (again!) and found it. I pried the end off with pliers and guess what,,its lipstick. IF you open it,,and IF its lipstick,,do not feel like you have to see the color on your hand!! Had to use go jo or something to get it off. Dawn wouldnt touch it. And it stinks something aweful. So come on,,,,,pry that end off!!!

 

[Breezie]

Man!!! Wish I had seen this post 3 days ago. I found a tube with the EXACT hex. end a couple months ago. Well I`m packing to move (again!) and found it. I pried the end off with pliers and guess what,,its lipstick. IF you open it,,and IF its lipstick,,do not feel like you have to see the color on your hand!! Had to use go jo or something to get it off. Dawn wouldnt touch it. And it stinks something aweful. So come on,,,,,pry that end off!!!

I've always heard, 'a little bit of paint (lipstick) will make you look like what you ain't!'

 

[aka da Prof]

well, maybe some one jammed a hex head into a lip stick for some reason, many years ago---?---
oh, never mind- I see that it was 'SOLVED'---

 

[unclemac]

sweet, case closed then!

 

[cudamark]

I think I'd be tempted to hit it with a little heat from a propane torch to see if I could separate the two halves. Maybe hold the hex end lightly in a vice while applying the heat and grabbing the outer tube with some soft jawed pliers or some heavy duty leather gloves.

 

[carol-treasure]

Sorry, I'm new to this site and I can't figure out how to navigate it yet. This is in response to the lipstick looking tube with the rhinestone on top of it. If you open it up you may find a wire brush inside that retracts up and down like a lipstick. I found a collector who identifies it as a tool made to clean the threads from a sewing machine's bobbin area. Here is the link where I found this information:

Vintage sewing haul | Sweet Marie's Sewing Room

 

[lockster99]

Well...I didnt see that one coming.

 

[cudamark]

Nice possible I.D. and welcome to the site!