Actually...I know EXACTLY what this IS, where it was made (at least the leather case for it), what it was used for, and even how to use it.
The basic design and layout will be obvious to most everybody here, BUT the "size of it" (which should be obvious from the wireless mouse & 30/06 pipe tamper in the photo) is what might throw most folks.
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Loyal
Business card cutter
A paper cutter for heavier paper stock used for file cards.
PRobably all the above plus photographs as well.
The data sheet is a dead give away, it's obviously an antique hand cranked USC&GS Helmert blocker
Welllll....
You guys are getting warm, but it was designed for a VERY specific use.
Loyal
Welllll....
For making uniform sized witness tree information tags.
Maybe used to "shave" playing cards?
It's used to cut off those pesky 0.04 foot measurement errors.
Cheese Cutter.:-P 😛 😛 😛 😛
Ditto Floyd.
circumcisor
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Good job (or guess) Paden. I'll not ask you how you would know such a thing, and you won't ask me why I have such a thing...DEAL?
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Loyal
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Loyal...I searched the internet for over an hour and gave up.
Thanks for sharing!
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Sorry bout that Just.
My cable Internet went bye bye last night (the whole town apparently), and it didn't come back on line until about an hour ago.
Loyal
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Loyal,
It's a deal. Don't ever play poker with a man who has his own deck, or wears long-sleeved shirts at the table.;-)
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Or goes by the name of 'Doc.'
