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Hah! You thought I'd let you off the hook.

By The Armorer on August 17, 2007 | | Comments (22)

Nope. Even though you don't care, based on the number of responses, we're going to keep plugging at this whatziss.

After the whining about size, I gave you a larger size. Now I'll add a touch of context.

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With an even larger view of the gizmo available by clicking here.

It *is* a fuze - you've gotten that much. But you've not gotten it quite right, yet.

Update: Perhaps this will help.

Update 2: Mebbe *this* will help. Prolly not, but who knows? Actually, it should, if you can connect the dots.

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By Maggie on August 17, 2007 8:35 AM
There was whining about size? Wasn't me. I am still lost in the comments below......my mind trailed off at "Uh, oh - I see Damian demands I erect the Octagon..."
 
By John of Argghhh! on August 17, 2007 8:45 AM
And then he got all on about his puffiness. I know. Sad, ain't it?
 
By Oldloadr on August 17, 2007 9:02 AM
It's a fuse for a British grenade of the Crimean war era...
 
By kat-missouri on August 17, 2007 9:16 AM
crud...oldloader beat me to it. At least, I was going to say "grenade fuse" circa WWI.
 
By John of Argghhh! on August 17, 2007 9:34 AM
Um, you are aware, Kat, that there's better'n a half-century difference between the Crimean War and WWI...?
 
By heath on August 17, 2007 11:11 AM
Fuse off of a K gun Depth Charge thrower? Heath
 
By heath on August 17, 2007 11:17 AM
Fuse for a "K gun" depth charge launcher? Heath
 
By kat-missouri on August 17, 2007 11:33 AM
Uh..yeah, I'm aware. I was pointing out that I was going to say a different time period, not a different use. But, since Oldloader mentioned the crimean war, maybe it is the trigger for a fumigation device used by Florence Nightingale to bring "hygiene" to field army hospitals. At least, the device would have cleared a room. ;)
 
By Rivrdog on August 17, 2007 11:38 AM
Fuze from a scuttling charge?
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on August 17, 2007 11:50 AM
Since plastics, at that time still in their infancy, and unavailable, fittings for the original Porte-Potti were of crude pot-metal. Cheers
 
By TXMarko on August 17, 2007 12:39 PM
Maybe a fuse for a Thermite Grenade?
 
By NevadaDailySteve on August 17, 2007 3:41 PM
The whatzis is a wax paper wrapped package. I have no idea what that metal thing obscuring it is.
 
By John of Argghhh! on August 17, 2007 3:46 PM
Okay, smartypants - the wax-paper wrapped *something* is, in fact, a Castle artifact. Guess away...
 
By MajMike on August 17, 2007 5:05 PM
dang, nevadasteve beat me to it.
 
By heath on August 17, 2007 5:34 PM
Firing pin for a land mine, last guess, the gibsons is starting to hit hard(23:30 here in Ireland) Heath
 
By Toluca Nole on August 17, 2007 6:32 PM
Whoa! I ain't turning that doorknob.
 
By Old Fat Sailorr on August 17, 2007 7:59 PM
Stokes mortar round fuse
 
By Mongo on August 17, 2007 8:13 PM
3" stokes mortar tail boom and fuse.
 
By John the Baptist on August 17, 2007 9:18 PM
Starter cartridge and fitting for a P-47?
 
By BillT on August 17, 2007 10:56 PM
The business end of an overly-complicated cigar cutter, probably that of a Prussian Field Marshal. Consigned to oblivion with the bankruptcy of the only cigar-maker producing stogies with threaded tips...
 
By Old Fat Sailor on August 18, 2007 2:03 AM
BTW is the box an old style Carslyle (sp?) bandage?
 
By John of Argghhh! on August 18, 2007 7:13 AM
OFS - no, it's not, but since Steve, Mikey, and you all have an interest... it will be the subject of a future whatziss.