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"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet) 07/02/2015 at 07:14 • Filed to: Imatool

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The house I’m working next door to recently lost its elderly occupants, and a couple of charity workers have been in to clear the house. On their way out they offered us our choice of hand tools from the old gent’s shed, and in it was this:

It’s quite heavy, brass, with a makers mark on the base. I figure it’s some kind of grease container and spoon. Is that a thing?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/02/2015 at 07:31

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Hmmm....not familiar....what kind of workshop was it - just a generic shed, or a woodworking workshop, or? What’s the maker’s mark look like?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/02/2015 at 07:34

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Coke spoon and container.

jariten1781 > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/02/2015 at 07:36

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Old grease bottles had spreaders like that in the lid. I’d guess it’s one of those, though I’m used to seeing them with a bigger container.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/02/2015 at 07:36

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it looks like a snuff bottle and spoon, but its not nearly ornate enough or finely finished to actually be that... It’s clearly a utility item. The similarity to a snuff bottle and spoon leads me to believe its intended for storing and dispensing a powder of some kind. A powder that you use in very small quantity, like graphite lubricant or similar.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/02/2015 at 07:38

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This was not an unexpected comment

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 07/02/2015 at 07:41

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Just a storage shed, very run down. Here’s the mark:

Kinja’d

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 07/02/2015 at 07:42

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That would make sense, but the ‘spoon’ is fairly flat., although that may be correct... I don’t know!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > jariten1781 07/02/2015 at 07:46

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Yeh it’s pretty small, about 15mm dia.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 07/02/2015 at 07:49

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philsphan09 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/02/2015 at 07:52

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Like the one from Cruel Intentions!

McMike > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/02/2015 at 07:55

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I can’t view South African auction site here at work, but a search for “vintage cocaine (or snuff) tube” resulted in this thing.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/02/2015 at 07:59

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another thing that makes me think it's for powders is the rubber o-ring on the lid. Few old grease containers would have bothered with that, but keeping a powder dry would be important.

E92M3 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 07/02/2015 at 08:08

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Gun powder?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > McMike 07/02/2015 at 08:20

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Looks exactly right, apart from my ‘spoon’ is flat. Still, can’t be that rare if it’s only 300 rand :/

E92M3 > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/02/2015 at 08:28

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Looks like it’s for rifle oil. Cool piece!

http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/190971740…

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/02/2015 at 09:37

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Illuminati confirmed

ihm96 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 07/02/2015 at 11:33

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Cocaine?

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > ihm96 07/02/2015 at 12:52

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that was honestly my first thought, but I was trying to keep it tools, and not "tools"...

crowmolly > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/06/2015 at 12:30

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Oil kit for a MKIV enfield rifle