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patchas's items5 of 71 way locking slide thingy. Special steel tape measure  Can you guess?
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    Posted 9 years ago

    patchas
    (7 items)

    This is made of cast steel galvanized coating, no markings. It is about 9" long. From my late uncles collection, Has teeth along the slotted opening.

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    Comments

    1. patchas, 9 years ago
      I forgot to mention, the lid is hinged and in the "open" position in the pictures. patchas
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      For picking & shaving ice.
    3. patchas, 9 years ago
      Great, took me a week to come to that conclusion. I wonder when they stopped using them, or are they still in use? .Thanks,
    4. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      I remember seeing them being used yrs. ago in places like Jamaica, Haiti etc..

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