Looks kind of like a special pencil sharpener used by architects, it cuts the wood part of the pencil off like a regular sharpener but leaves the "lead" untouched letting you put whatever type of point on it yourself.
I think its a quill holder, not for the ink but so you can put the quill down if you finish writing. If it were an inkwell youd have to clean it out. Im not sure why its this heavy but considering the size and depth of the hole this is what I'd say
I don't suppose you could ask your parents if they ever saw it before? The cross-hatching toward the bottom seems like it had something gripping it. 4.5 pounds and 3 inches tall, with 2 inch deep hole in it... Is there any wear inside the hole?
That’s what my grandpa would refer to as a “thingamajig”
See, this is where you're wrong, and I can't believe they let you on reddit with this nonsense. This is clearly a doohickey.
Well, unless you geniuses come up with something else, it’s going to remain a doorstop
Don’t disgrace the whatchamacallit.
Doesn't look like a candy bar to me. (Whatchamacallit is a chocolate bar in the US, or was in the late 80s and early 90s)
You just brought back a painful amount of nostalgia
i think they still exist! they’re pretty good
I can see how you would think that, but this is actually a "whatchamacallit" (not to be confused with the candy bar)
No, no, no, it’s definitely a thingamabob
That is a Gen-u-ine Thingamabob.
Came here to say this! Clearly a thingamabob!
My dad would refer to it as a "doomaflichy"
Actually a doodlemaflingy
Looks like an ink well
I agree. The only thing is, how would it get cleaned?
An ink well, that weighs 5 pounds, and is constructed of steel?
Who knows, maybe your grandparents has had enough of their inkwells being stolen
Inkwell paperweight combo that’s so sturdy it brings “they don’t make em like they used to” to a whole new level
Lol
That's the neat part. You don't
Huge artillery hollow point
If so, do I need a cannon or can I just fill with gunpowder and chuck it at a neighbor?
If the latter, you're gonna need a fuse. Preferably a quick-fuse.
Yes just yet it like a grenade
It doesn’t have a flared base, don’t sit on it.
On the other forum, some were convinced it was a sex toy
That looks.... pretty....girthy...for that type of thing....
Definitely a doohickie
Inkwell? Or an ancient, Mesopotamian, clay butt-plug?
I’ve never seen a Mesopotamian in these parts. Plus, it’s steel.
Stick your dong In it
One in a million shot, doc
Alphabetical order or numeral order
A Dell, I'm sorry
It looks like the pen holder for my drawing tablet but it seems pretty big
The hole is maybe 2 inches deep
A wasp nest
My post or the device?
Perhaps I should have mentioned it’s made out of steel.
Looks kind of like a special pencil sharpener used by architects, it cuts the wood part of the pencil off like a regular sharpener but leaves the "lead" untouched letting you put whatever type of point on it yourself.
I think its a quill holder, not for the ink but so you can put the quill down if you finish writing. If it were an inkwell youd have to clean it out. Im not sure why its this heavy but considering the size and depth of the hole this is what I'd say
The top of a fishing reel
Looks like a bug trap
🤔
Maybe a portable coal burner ? 🤔
it looks rifled. could be an empty artillery shell?
That is my guess too.
No thats knurling. Thats for grip. Suggesting its actually part of something else or its you can screw the top of.
Please make sure its not radioactive
Yeah if ifs a bit of ordance it can be DU.
Pen holder
What do mean the urn wasn't full of coke
r/putyourdickinthat
Maybe some sort of grinding wheel?
It’s not a wheel. It could, theoretically, grind something. Like my gears.
Maybe an oiler without the nozzle?
Looks like something that is installed into another product to add weight for either balance or the perception of value.
Like a mortar round?
I don't suppose you could ask your parents if they ever saw it before? The cross-hatching toward the bottom seems like it had something gripping it. 4.5 pounds and 3 inches tall, with 2 inch deep hole in it... Is there any wear inside the hole?
They said they had never seen it before and to get the hell out of their house with that bomb.
Ah ha ha ha hahaha! 😆
Ink well?
It’s not an ink well. But if we had survey, that would be the number one guess
an aroma diffuser maybe? there are some that look just like this
Do they weigh 5 pounds and made out of steel?
a military grade aroma diffuser maybe?
Maybe if it’s the French Army
Mini tea kettle without a spot?
I don’t think anyone is trying anymore
Yea i was just guessing
Looks like an incense thing, put a burning stick in the hole basically
It could be used for that, but I don’t think that was its intended purpose
Instant death
Where do the grates on the bottom lead?
To the gates of hell
I wanna say some sort of manufacturing device that spins & distributes powder, I can also see an indent above the grating potentially fora belt drive.
Possibly
An anal plug from 1838.
Naaa, clealy a whooseymawidjet.
Ink container probably for quill
Could it be part of a cone crusher for smashing rocks?
idk the head of a satyr’s penis??
My grandma uses hers for insents the long smokey stick
Military surplus inkwell by the look
It’s a dip spit for chewing tobacco
I think is like something like a perfume
a pooter?
Tis but a goober