What is this ?

[jeff of pa]

Found it in my Garage today in a Can of Junk

Side One

SIR WALTER RALEIGH



Side 2

PAT. U.S.A. - CANADA
UNITED KINGDOM
OTHER FOREIGN
PAT. PEND.




TIP



brass

The side pieces have Springs & Can be Squeezed in towards the Center Piece.

By the name I'm thinking something to do with
Pipes Or Tobacco

Could it be to Open Cans of Pipe Tobacco ?

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

A guess - Twist opener for a strip sealed can? Squeeze the prongs and that would loosen the coiled up seal strip so it dropped away afterwards?

The 'key top' tin is a tin having a top that is sealed to the body by a thin strip of metal. A removable 'key' affixed to the tin top is used to open the tin by winding up and removing the metal strip (in America this type of tin was commonly used for coffee). This seldom seen tobacco tin style was used occasionally by John Cotton in the 1970's, for most Fribourg and Treyer tins into the 1980's, and perhaps by McConnell for larger tin sizes in the '70s. I suspect it was introduced in the 1960's as a substitute for the 'knife lid'.

http://www.loringpage.com/attpipes/tobdatepaper.html

 

[jeff of pa]

A gurss - Twist opener for a strip sealed can? Squeeze the prongs and that would loosen the coiled up seal strip so it dropped away afterwards?

Thanks Charlie

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Say, do you have Sir Walter Raleigh in a can?







Well you better let him out before he suffocates. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[lostcauses]

Rotflol
It is an advertising pipe reamer.

the key to open the can was like a sardine can key.

 

[jeff of pa]

Rotflol
It is an advertising pipe reamer.

the key to open the can was like a sardine can key.

Thanks

Found this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/sir-walter-rale...ZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem

Because of the Tip I wonder if Charles is also right, that it had 2 Purposes.

Yes I am familiar with the Wind off type like Sardene Cans,
But there could also be Ring type Seals also.
I don't know.

& this one in worse shape
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-SIR-WAL...goryZ133QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Charlie said it was just a guess.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Gorsh. And I've been married 28 years, raised up a happy dog that everyone likes but I can't dance or remember garbage day.

 

[Caryl]

First thought: it looks like a projectile point from Predator Seen any creepy critters in the garage with dredlocks ?

 

[Montana Jim]

I would never want my pipe reemed by that thing...

 

[logbuilder]

I don't know for sure what you are meaning by " pipe reemer" , but I believe that it might be a pipe cleaner, to "scrape" or clean the tar-carbon buildup in the bowl.

Mike.