I went for recording barograph. (Barometric pressure) You couldn't see the mechanism well enough to tell for sure. The same style of recorder was used for a number of scientific measurements.
This was a recording device for humidity. Sometimes in the same case were thermographs (temperature) and barographs (atmospheric pressure.)They would all record on the same paper covered drum, but the drum would have had multiple scales.
Ah, that makes sense. The trouble with these "what is it" videos is I end up wanting almost everything I see. This item at least should be easily found if I decide my life is incomplete without one ;)
They were sold as outdoor/hunter/fisherman gear way past the 90's before battery powered heaters became viable. Pretty sure they are still available if you look hard enough.
Well this channel has given me an idea about what to do with random bits and pieces of things in the junk drawer and garage. I'm going to bolt and glue various unrelated items into non-functioning curiosities and leave them for my kids to find. It'll drive them nuts trying to figure out what they are. 🤣🤣🤣
The hand warmers pop up on here pretty regularly. I'm having trouble understanding the Hair Hygrometer since my hair gets frizzy, hence shorter, when it is more humid, not longer. But, it's a moot point, I guess, since I don't own one. 😁 I knew those were photos of QEII's coronation right away. What a treasure to find! 😀
Back in the day 1950s to 1980s these humidity recorders and other humidity sensors used in air conditioning used human hair, there was a global demand for hair to suit the applications. The main suppliers of instrument quality hair (very straight) were Italy and parts of Asia. I used to work in the field, especially in hospital operating theatres, which require close humidity control.
I used those hand warmers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as a kid when I was walking to and from school during winter. Had one in each pocket and they worked great. Looked just like that one too, red velvet on the outside but of course in like new condition.
2:35 not necessarily glass fibre. Looks like asbestos. White this time.. it's usually blue. Could be glass I suppose but I certainly wouldn't risk carelessly handling it.
Last item I'm guessing is for handling large pieces or blocks of ice & not lobster claws. If you notice the holes / slots in the handle will allow for expansion of the gripping capacity, that would have be a pretty damn big lobster claw for that to be expanded. Or a holder for scaling fish. And the poster stated; " it feels stainless... and it is very lightweight." If it is stainless steel it shouldn't feel lightweight. It's probably aluminum as so many items were made from aluminum back in the day.
I believe that the designation “lobster or crab claw ice tongs” refers to the resemblance of the tongs to lobster claws, not to their being used to crack lobster claws.
I knew the hand warmer and that was it. I have a more modern version that uses liquid fuel. They were mighty nice when you were working outside in that bitter -20F weather. I don't do that very often anymore though, thankfully.
The brand I recall wow ‘Jon-e’ I think, using lighter fluid. We had the charcoal ones too, but loathed the strong odor of them. Great for stand hunting or ice fishing back then. Supplanted by the modern iron powder pouches today.
@@mred8002 Mine are just the plain old Zippo hand warmers. There are better ones I'm sure. But that's what the store sold and that was long before the internet when I got them. I've probably had them since the early 80's :)
@@xlerb2286. And to turn them off you had to open the flannel pouch, separate the top of the case, and pull off the burner assembly that was hot. Great design.
@@mred8002 You know, come to think of it I don't think I ever put them out. I just worked outside until they ran out of fuel and then said "that's enough for today".
I got the hand warmer and the Barograph. We had a weather station at School with one of these in it. Also got the Coronation pictures - being English, I knew them immediately.
The knife is part of the kit with an aircraft rescue inflatable dinghy. The rounded, blunt end avoided the risk of puncturing the dinghy. The one I owned had a cork handle, so it floated.
I have been contemplating sending a picture of the last tool shown. I found it in a trailer park after the flood of 93 in St Charles Missouri. I've been trying to figure it out for years
Last item is most likely for delivering huge blocks of ice for early refrigerators that had no electricity. They'd be delivered door-to-door by horse & cart.
Oh my! Jesus might not be your long lost relative, LOL! Who doesn't know what the letters were, sigh? Why would the hair thing need a metal protection against wild animals??? This was a really weird video. Last item, he had it right the first time. Looks to be a jar opener. Perhaps only the lid such as a home canning lid with the points having a ridge.
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I thought it was a seismograph...
Same
Me, too.
I went for recording barograph. (Barometric pressure) You couldn't see the mechanism well enough to tell for sure. The same style of recorder was used for a number of scientific measurements.
As did I
This was a recording device for humidity. Sometimes in the same case were thermographs (temperature) and barographs (atmospheric pressure.)They would all record on the same paper covered drum, but the drum would have had multiple scales.
Last item: Vintage Lobster Crab Claw Ice Tongs
The rounded point on the sea ditch knife was to prevent accidental raft punctures.
I thought about the blunt tips being a knife you see people using in/around water. But the holes threw me off.
Ah, that makes sense. The trouble with these "what is it" videos is I end up wanting almost everything I see. This item at least should be easily found if I decide my life is incomplete without one ;)
Had the hand warmers in winter 85/86 during winter drills in the army (Norway), one for each woollen sock in my sleeping bag
They were sold as outdoor/hunter/fisherman gear way past the 90's before battery powered heaters became viable.
Pretty sure they are still available if you look hard enough.
Well this channel has given me an idea about what to do with random bits and pieces of things in the junk drawer and garage. I'm going to bolt and glue various unrelated items into non-functioning curiosities and leave them for my kids to find. It'll drive them nuts trying to figure out what they are. 🤣🤣🤣
Hey, I like your thinking. May I borrow that?
@@andrewvelonis5940 Of course!
You are now my friend for life 😆
Up next: The Jackalopacycle. 🤣
Deborah, I think I got this. 🤔🤭😁🤣🤣🤣
Evil plan. I like it.
The hand warmers pop up on here pretty regularly.
I'm having trouble understanding the Hair Hygrometer since my hair gets frizzy, hence shorter, when it is more humid, not longer. But, it's a moot point, I guess, since I don't own one. 😁
I knew those were photos of QEII's coronation right away. What a treasure to find! 😀
Why did the hair thing need to be kept safe from wild animals?????? Whew, people come up with the craziest ideas.
Back in the day 1950s to 1980s these humidity recorders and other humidity sensors used in air conditioning used human hair, there was a global demand for hair to suit the applications. The main suppliers of instrument quality hair (very straight) were Italy and parts of Asia. I used to work in the field, especially in hospital operating theatres, which require close humidity control.
I used those hand warmers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as a kid when I was walking to and from school during winter. Had one in each pocket and they worked great. Looked just like that one too, red velvet on the outside but of course in like new condition.
Thanks for sharing!
2:35 not necessarily glass fibre. Looks like asbestos. White this time.. it's usually blue. Could be glass I suppose but I certainly wouldn't risk carelessly handling it.
Final item is a nipple/aereola measuring caliper used to gauge size of such. Some like em big, others smaller. This item helped chart your desires.
The cart gun would have had a rubber bulb on the grip so it could shoot water or in some types, clay balls.
Thise hand warms were still sold in the 80s and 90s. Used them while duck hunting
Solid fuel hand warmers
Yep, before hose, I used the old metal lighter fluid type. Both worked pretty well.
Last item I'm guessing is for handling large pieces or blocks of ice & not lobster claws. If you notice the holes / slots in the handle will allow for expansion of the gripping capacity, that would have be a pretty damn big lobster claw for that to be expanded. Or a holder for scaling fish. And the poster stated; " it feels stainless... and it is very lightweight." If it is stainless steel it shouldn't feel lightweight. It's probably aluminum as so many items were made from aluminum back in the day.
I believe that the designation “lobster or crab claw ice tongs” refers to the resemblance of the tongs to lobster claws, not to their being used to crack lobster claws.
I think the last might be a roast holder for carving.
Yeah, but with today's roast prices at only a couple inches large. Check the size against the ruler.
I saw those photoses in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC , In about 1953 in there peice about the coronation of QUEEN ELIZABETH, 11nd.
I have used the charcoal handwarmer
I knew the hand warmer and that was it. I have a more modern version that uses liquid fuel. They were mighty nice when you were working outside in that bitter -20F weather. I don't do that very often anymore though, thankfully.
The brand I recall wow ‘Jon-e’ I think, using lighter fluid. We had the charcoal ones too, but loathed the strong odor of them. Great for stand hunting or ice fishing back then. Supplanted by the modern iron powder pouches today.
@@mred8002 Mine are just the plain old Zippo hand warmers. There are better ones I'm sure. But that's what the store sold and that was long before the internet when I got them. I've probably had them since the early 80's :)
@@xlerb2286. And to turn them off you had to open the flannel pouch, separate the top of the case, and pull off the burner assembly that was hot. Great design.
@@mred8002 You know, come to think of it I don't think I ever put them out. I just worked outside until they ran out of fuel and then said "that's enough for today".
I got the hand warmer and the Barograph. We had a weather station at School with one of these in it. Also got the Coronation pictures - being English, I knew them immediately.
The knife is part of the kit with an aircraft rescue inflatable dinghy. The rounded, blunt end avoided the risk of puncturing the dinghy. The one I owned had a cork handle, so it floated.
I used to use one of those red fuel stick handwarmers when i was a teen out hunting. Great Canadian tire item.
I have been contemplating sending a picture of the last tool shown. I found it in a trailer park after the flood of 93 in St Charles Missouri. I've been trying to figure it out for years
Last one seems to be for carrying ice .
I was ye old when I had exactly the same hand warmer. Those kind of hygrometers are still in use. I saw one few years back in an art museum.
Last item is most likely for delivering huge blocks of ice for early refrigerators that had no electricity. They'd be delivered door-to-door by horse & cart.
No those were way bigger.
Happy to drop by
The last item was used for picking up boiling hot jars when making preserves
For holding a rost or meatloaf for slicing.
The last item; I’ll hazard a pure guess. A means to hold on to fish as the scaled and filleted.
I would worry that the hand warmer was insulated with asbestos.
YES!!!!
"He" didn't say it was asbestos; "he" said it was fiberglass--not the same thing.
Last item: I say for picking up a large pumpkin maybe out of the patch.. My husband says it's picking up roasted poultry.
Not for ice. It's called a roast ressler. Made by Mrs. Ressler food products. Ice tongs have more of a sharpened point on them.
Are those hand warmers Fiberglass or Asbestos?
Yes :-)
Depending on their age it might very well be both.
Just don't sniff them and you should be fine.
No luck ID ing anything today
I don't even try, I just watch and learn.
Me neither! I usually get one lol. Not today
Vintage fireplace coal/firewood tongs?
I know what the clickbait is only because I saw one used in a movie about Vivien Thomas . It’s a recording device of some kind
Last item is to hold...things steady during a circumcision.
Braggart! :D
OW!! No way!
Hahahahaha
A hingy for picking up hot jars after wecking food?
I thought of that, but that would place it at right angles to a jar, making it difficult to put into or take out of a pot.
@@andrewvelonis5940 True, forgot about that.
Handwarmer
ice carving tongs.
Oh my! Jesus might not be your long lost relative, LOL! Who doesn't know what the letters were, sigh?
Why would the hair thing need a metal protection against wild animals??? This was a really weird video.
Last item, he had it right the first time. Looks to be a jar opener. Perhaps only the lid such as a home canning lid with the points having a ridge.
A speculum designed by a sadist?
😮😮🤐🤐😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!! ROF LMAO!!
That implies that the common speculum *wasn’t* invented by a sadist, and he surely was.
No THAT implies, that I thougt the coment was HILLARIOUS, DOES kind of look like you are right tho!!!
IHS means Jesus, Savior of Humankind is if found on most crosses in the work.