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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 8 years ago

    patchas
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    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, 8 years ago
      I forgot to mention, the lid is hinged and in the "open" position in the pictures. patchas
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      For picking & shaving ice.
    3. patchas, 8 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, 8 years ago
      I remember seeing them being used yrs. ago in places like Jamaica, Haiti etc..

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