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[montepollock]

I have found several of these,and thought it Might be for honing or polishing but the stone?is very fine.Brass and a white ceramic? insert.

 

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[jeff of pa]

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[Hoosier Kingfisher]

Just a guess, Fish hook sharpener.

 

[EDDE]

part of a razor

 

[Angelo]

Computer chip of some sort (ceramic insert?)

There is a couple of "reliable" computer related companies.

Tony

 

[dg39]

Brick or building shim?
DG

 

[capt_t]

kinda looks like a wheel cylinder hone, but no attachment points

 

[dugupfinds]

part of a razor

Thats the first thing that sprang to my mind.

 

[bogeymcq]

I know I know that I am wayyyyyy off with this guess. . but when I saw this piece the first thing that came to mind was a harmonica

Bogart

 

[montepollock]

I thought some type of brake hone or maybe for a Razor,but the insert is finer than any abrasive Iv,e seen.
I meant to show a side pic to show how the brass is scalloped,but wrong pics.
It was found on the sight of a standing 1924 brick 2 story house,that was built on sight of former buggy works site active in 1870s.
I searched the site extensively in early 90s with Spectrum and standard 950,but will be back soon with a deepseeker,Hope to make some more posts soon.
Thanks and HH,Mont

 

[Mac the Knife]

They may very well be from a small type hone, in which the stones could be changed out... My guess, if they are honing stones, they were used to polish bearing races, thus the fine finish of the stones, so as to leave a highly polished surface...

My .02...

 

[TreasureTales]

Looks too small for a honing stone. Have no idea, but looks too small for a tool. Unless it is part of a larger tool or some sort.

 

[MD Dog]

In older versions of cnc mills they had a part that resembled that, it served as a brake pad for a weighted wheel, But I have no clue how to get you a picture of them. I also can't speak to what the actual material was inside it, since I'm only going on a vague recollection of one I saw at a machinery auction. Hope this helps some of the other great sluthes on here who might now have an idea of where to look for info and pics.

 

[nheikes]

Looks like a old car resistor of some type to me.

 

[EggyOG]

It actually looks like a magnesium fire starter to me. Did you try striking it?

 

[faaus]

It is a socketed integrated circuit.

 

[teverly]

Whats the whole phrase on to say??I can make out reliable p

 

[trikikiwi]

I believe Tony/Angelo and faaus are on the mark. I searched for "Reliable P - A85" which is best I could make of the markings in the pic, and it appears it could be a CMOS EPROM, possibly from National Semiconductor.
In other words, a computer part - but no pic available and I'm no computer expert.
Cheers, Mike

 

[Monty]

There are all kinds of hones for small work on up and a honeing stone that can be changed out would be my guess. Monty

 

[newbieprospector]

Just another thought: I recently did quite a bit of remodling work on a house built in the late 1800's (some cool finds in the walls, by the way, but back to your item ) It had electrical work re-done sometime late 40's to early 50's and much of that wiring had similar looking things between the wires and the walls, only they were porcelain.