What is this tool??

Oriental-Arms · 9th February 2005, 10:22 AM

This was my first thought, but sampling tools, old and new always ends with a tube so the sample (grains, beans, rice etc) will easily fall into your palm. In the tool above, the end is open and if it would have been used for sampling, the sample will spread all around.

tom hyle · 9th February 2005, 11:36 AM

I'm pretty sure it's a reamer/auger for wood. It's simplest use would be to enlarge/round existing holes. It would also produce a given taper in the hole, which would match to standard plugs or stopcocks. It could be used to create a hole, with some slight effort, but ones intended to so do more commonly have a screw-tip that "draws" them into the wood. Some tools are indeed just ever so weapony, aren't they? I saw some kind of large push-dagger probably for gardening on ebay, but it went too high for me.....

9th February 2005, 11:36 AM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	I'm pretty sure it's a reamer/auger for wood. It's simplest use would be to enlarge/round existing holes. It would also produce a given taper in the hole, which would match to standard plugs or stopcocks. It could be used to create a hole, with some slight effort, but ones intended to so do more commonly have a screw-tip that "draws" them into the wood. Some tools are indeed just ever so weapony, aren't they? I saw some kind of large push-dagger probably for gardening on ebay, but it went too high for me..... Last edited by tom hyle; 9th February 2005 at 11:37 AM. Reason: My own stupidity

9th February 2005, 10:22 AM	#1
Oriental-Arms Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haifa, Israel Posts: 183	This was my first thought, but sampling tools, old and new always ends with a tube so the sample (grains, beans, rice etc) will easily fall into your palm. In the tool above, the end is open and if it would have been used for sampling, the sample will spread all around.