Gizmo Quiz - Volume 2 - Issue 9 - What Is It?

[bunltd]

Can you tell me what this [bunlimited.com] is? It'd be nice if you also describe it's function...

Have fun!

LisaB

[Sinner_G]

Is it a holder for all the things you need to tend a fire in the chimney?

[PatrickDeese]

could it be part of a sparker or lighter of some sort?

[lgn]

is this item valuable enougth to find in an antique store.

[defanjos]

Is it any banging with a hammer/mallet involved?

[bunltd]

Sinner_G: nope

tax1dr1ver, surely not!

Hmmm, re-read the posts -

PatrickDeese was closest back on msg #64...

tax1dr1ver in post #66: replaced with newer versions for the same task... yes it has been replaced.

Serio: msg #48 - yes it's used to hold hot things...

And finally, PatrickDeese again: you're getting closer to the function of this gizmo in msg #92...

[bunltd]

lgn, yes it is.

defanjos, no banging or hammering.

[lorax]

Is it used like a torch somehow? Holding something flammable that is used to light fires and/or lamps?

[SlowMove]

Was it used to start fires?

[lgn]

cremaillere

[PatrickDeese]

The only thing I can think of it that you stick the metal prongs into the coals for lighting tinder or a pipe or something (like how a car cigarette lighter works).

So maybe its a cigarette lighter for deluxe model carriages? ;)

[edited by: PatrickDeese at 7:07 pm (utc) on Aug. 2, 2003]

[bunltd]

lorax, holding something flammable yes.

SlowMove not for starting fires...

[tax1dr1ver]

Was it replaced by a lighter?

Was it used to hold matches or kindling?

[martinibuster]

Andiron

[bunltd]

cremaillere - no.

Was it replaced by a lighter? No.

Was it used to hold matches or kindling? Kindling is close.

Andiron - nope.

[tax1dr1ver]

Is this something we could locate in google?

[bunltd]

Yes - I located it via Google.

[tax1dr1ver]

sticky me the search terms ;)

[lgn]

antique pipe lighter

[defanjos]

Just to be sure, it is used in the process of making something, correct?

[SlowMove]

Is wood involved?

[tax1dr1ver]

But not used to make fires?

[bunltd]

tax1dr1ver sticky? I'm shocked... :o

not a pipe lighter.

the process of using this item makes: (should I say what it makes?)

wood is involved, but it's not used to make a fire.

[PatrickDeese]

Whale oil lamp wick burner?

[bunltd]

Whale oil lamp wick burner? - no oil, no wick, burner.

[lorax]

Used to make charcoal?

[tax1dr1ver]

Its not used to stir up a fire or add wood to a fire?

[coconutz]

Used by a tallow chandler to make candles similar to a wicking board?

[bunltd]

not to make charcoal.

not to stir a fire or add wood.

Not used for making or using candles.

One might use this instead of a candle.

[tax1dr1ver]

Used with a lamp?

[bunltd]

not with a lamp.