What is it? Weekend Edition 4

A fly fisherman's tool.

Correct! Similar ones can be seen here:

Hmm ... a tool for disarming (or perhaps arming) something like mines?

Either antique ceremonial garb from some other culture, or perhaps similar from some fraternal organization here in the USA?

Toothpaste tube squeezer -- put the narrow end through the top slot, thread it through the key, and wind up the tube as you use the toothpaste, squeezing the toothpaste ahead of the pinch point.

Some kind of deep frying pan? I don't cook, so who knows?

Enjoy, DoN.

Yes, it has a line clipper, a needle to clear a hook eyelet, a hook sharpener, and a knot tying tool.

Rob

I'm curious. Would tortillas need a 30" pan? If it wasn't for tortillas, I wonder if it was for stir frying. I wonder what it's made of.

In that case -- why the large "USA" markings on it? Was it Army issue?

Enjoy, DoN.

Made here? I know that might be a shocker, but we used to make stuff like this in the USA.

I've never heard of clearing a hook eyelet with a needle, and this needle looks needlessly long. When fishing, I'd use a pocket knife to cut line.

The tool would allow one to poke or snip without hazard to a rubber raft. I wonder if it was a survival tool that surplus stores later sold for fishing. A downed airman with a torn nail would want a clipper. The needle could be to poke holes in something for lacing or sewing.

1. I have already posted this tool on the web site several years ago, so you can test your memory on this one, 3-1/2" long:
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   CY: Totally no clue.

1. Someone found this hat at an estate sale:
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   CY: Childs costume hat, Roman chariot driver.

2. Inside of this item it says: designed by y. ohta Botanical Art Collection TOKO:
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   CY: Used for rolling joints, back in the sixties. Man, that was some killer weed back then.

1. This large pan is 30" diameter and 7" deep, it was displayed on a restaurant wall:
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   CY: It was a wash tub, for very small children. Used in the early days of the settling of the west.

Or, at least had the capability to do so. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

And a lot of stuff just said USA.

Far as I know the military never issued fly fishing nippers and that's what this item is.

Yes -- but it would typically say "Made in USA", not just "USA". However, lots of things which I was issued by the army, including pocket knives, were stamped "USA" in relatively large letters (or sometimes just "US"). And I was just a civilian technician employed at an Army R&D lab.

Enjoy, DoN.

Sounds like you are still rolling joints in 2010

Live and learn! Needles to clean out eyelets! Are these tools for the desk and not the brook?

"USA" with no "made in" or brand name makes me think this was a GI version of the fisherman's tool.