I remember those type of soda/beer can openers, but people didn't carry those around, they were mounted on the wall in a fixed spot in the kitchen or garage, typically. Uncle Charlie had one permanently mounted in his bass boat (of course).You don't want to lose your church key while reeling in a big 'un!🎣
My Mom had one of these can crushers installed in her utility room probably from some time in the 90s till she moved in 2001 - probably is still there!
Those glass sphere are likely shipped in open hopper cars. If the train hits a bump, they can be spilled. They are practically inert, so they are as much a pollutant as gravel.
It’s been said ad nauseam here already, but that style of the can opener is a home accessory/appliance, not for carrying around day to day. For carrying around day to day in pre-“modern” can opener piece days (c. 1910’s-1930’s), people had miniature versions of the “punch bit” in early deluxe models of “multitool” camper or scout-style pocket knives (in fact, I believe the premier version of one was called the Super Kamp King) or they carried the aforementioned church key.
We had one of the first ones screwed onto our kitchen wall. We would go in, get a cold one out of the fridge, open it and either drink it straight out of the can or pour it into a glass.
That's what I think too. It looks like it would be excellent for shelling pecans without crushing the nutmeat. The spring absorbs some of the pressure so you get a feel for how to give just enough push without crushing it to smithereens.
That cloisonne Japanese inro is gorgeous! I would wear that as jewelry to hold my herbal medicine.😉 That last thing looks like a nutcracker, but I usually get the mystery objects wrong (unless I own one!). If the action is what I assume it is, it would work especially well for shelling pecans. Nothing beats my old 1970 era "Rocket" sheller though! I love this channel because you really find some mysterious things, and also you've provided answers to things I own or have wondered about. Those painted posts next to railroads is something I've seen, but I was told it was just to tell the engineer that a crossing was coming up. The long and short whistle blasts makes perfect sense now. We've found those rough glass marbles as kids in the 60s, they were next to a creek that ran next to a railroad track where a train car had derailed many years before and was left in the creek where it rolled. Another mystery solved! In the 90s, several of us found an enormous glass slag heap that was cobalt blue glass. Never found out the origin of how it got to that spot in rural Texas and no one seemed to know. I just realized I can google this now, and I think I found the answer! In the 1800s, the smelting of iron ore produced this cobalt blue slag glass. Now I wish we'd explored more of the area, there likely was an iron foundry nearby that might still have some interesting "remains". Stay curious, y'all!🤠
Yep, it has been quite a while with nothing to comment for that immature, snottynozed brat inside me, and you just beat me to it.😅 The mature side of me was wondering if it was an auger for furniture maker (tapered joints for bench legs and so on...), and then the AI with absolutely NOt EVEN A HINT of sense of humour tells it is a bunghole borer.😂 Got to love modern technology.
I didn't hear anything to indicate which country the railroad was in. I'm sure it was England, but that was a stupid oversight. The rules are not the same in all countries, you know, so much of what was said doesn't apply outside the UK.
I remember those type of soda/beer can openers, but people didn't carry those around, they were mounted on the wall in a fixed spot in the kitchen or garage, typically. Uncle Charlie had one permanently mounted in his bass boat (of course).You don't want to lose your church key while reeling in a big 'un!🎣
I remember them as well & chuckled at the carrying around. Like yep, our clothes had huge pocket that would shame cargo pants.
Yeah well it's obviously you run around carrying a church key.
@@calvingreene90 Yes, I do! I want to be ready if I encounter any good local craft beers out in the wild.
My Mom had one of these can crushers installed in her utility room probably from some time in the 90s till she moved in 2001 - probably is still there!
The last thing is a nutcracker.
I was right!
I have a small collection of nut crackers to include several identical to this photo. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Those glass sphere are likely shipped in open hopper cars. If the train hits a bump, they can be spilled. They are practically inert, so they are as much a pollutant as gravel.
BUT.........
They do make GREAT slingshot ammunition.
We used to go to the train tracks specifically to look for those as kids.
It’s been said ad nauseam here already, but that style of the can opener is a home accessory/appliance, not for carrying around day to day. For carrying around day to day in pre-“modern” can opener piece days (c. 1910’s-1930’s), people had miniature versions of the “punch bit” in early deluxe models of “multitool” camper or scout-style pocket knives (in fact, I believe the premier version of one was called the Super Kamp King) or they carried the aforementioned church key.
@2:14 it was exactly Morse Code. The letter 'Q' shown was for grade crossings, other letters were used for different occasions.
The little brass tray was made to sit on a coffee table and hold a small box of matches.
Last Item: For connecting, or crimping, two halves of metal together..
First Item: can opener. No one would carry that around. It was made to be mounted on a wall!
We had one of the first ones screwed onto our kitchen wall. We would go in, get a cold one out of the fridge, open it and either drink it straight out of the can or pour it into a glass.
Last one looks like a cork compressor for bottling use.
That last thing looks like a cork compressor for recorking wine bottles.
Red device is a nut cracker, mine has original black paint. I got it from my mom. It was used by me in the 1950s. It was quite old even then.
That's what I think too. It looks like it would be excellent for shelling pecans without crushing the nutmeat. The spring absorbs some of the pressure so you get a feel for how to give just enough push without crushing it to smithereens.
That cloisonne Japanese inro is gorgeous! I would wear that as jewelry to hold my herbal medicine.😉
That last thing looks like a nutcracker, but I usually get the mystery objects wrong (unless I own one!). If the action is what I assume it is, it would work especially well for shelling pecans. Nothing beats my old 1970 era "Rocket" sheller though!
I love this channel because you really find some mysterious things, and also you've provided answers to things I own or have wondered about. Those painted posts next to railroads is something I've seen, but I was told it was just to tell the engineer that a crossing was coming up. The long and short whistle blasts makes perfect sense now.
We've found those rough glass marbles as kids in the 60s, they were next to a creek that ran next to a railroad track where a train car had derailed many years before and was left in the creek where it rolled. Another mystery solved!
In the 90s, several of us found an enormous glass slag heap that was cobalt blue glass. Never found out the origin of how it got to that spot in rural Texas and no one seemed to know.
I just realized I can google this now, and I think I found the answer! In the 1800s, the smelting of iron ore produced this cobalt blue slag glass. Now I wish we'd explored more of the area, there likely was an iron foundry nearby that might still have some interesting "remains".
Stay curious, y'all!🤠
Thanks LazyIRanch!
The marbles looked like cod bottle marbles.😊
The last item is a Penile Nullification Linguinicator
Huh........huh..huh........huhhh........
I thought I recognized that
Exactly 😂
How are inert glass beads pollution? I understand it’s trash but being inert they’re not pollution.
If they’re leaded glass, which was common at one time, the lead can leach out and contaminate the soil.
@@anna9072 your adding information that’s not on the video and leaded glass hasn’t been used for decades.
Something else, when did we stop using leaded glass and when did we start shipping glass in beads on trains.
True, but that would take eons.@@anna9072
@@anna9072 one more thing glass doesn’t “leach” this is why it’s used in laboratory’s around the world to prevent cross contamination.
first one is a can opener, when the can needed to be punctured.
Whistle post regulations don't apply on The British railways you used for two of your pictures.
I got the can opener, the match safe, and the inro, and was close on the epergne. I should have gotten the bunghole borer.
I AM BUNGHOLIO.... Beavis
Hmmhmuhhhhuhhuh...
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Yep, it has been quite a while with nothing to comment for that immature, snottynozed brat inside me, and you just beat me to it.😅 The mature side of me was wondering if it was an auger for furniture maker (tapered joints for bench legs and so on...), and then the AI with absolutely NOt EVEN A HINT of sense of humour tells it is a bunghole borer.😂 Got to love modern technology.
@@dasja9966 I think bunghole is safe to type. "TP for my bunghole", Beavis
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"It has a patent number but I have no idea"
I didn't hear anything to indicate which country the railroad was in. I'm sure it was England, but that was a stupid oversight. The rules are not the same in all countries, you know, so much of what was said doesn't apply outside the UK.
That train signal indicated is the EXACT one used here in Canada: two long, one short, one long. That's the "approaching a crossing" whistle.
0:20 To put holes in a can.
Called a soda pop opener not beer you don't carry it silly it mounts on a wall...