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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: northkid on December 09, 2012, 02:13:53 PM

Title: heavy 3 prong gizmo
Post by: northkid on December 09, 2012, 02:13:53 PM

Anyone have an idea what this is?

Title: Re: heavy 3 prong gizmo
Post by: mikeswrenches on December 09, 2012, 02:34:16 PM

That's a new one on me.  Not a clue what it was used for.

Mike

Title: Re: heavy 3 prong gizmo
Post by: Lewill2 on December 09, 2012, 08:07:02 PM

It was patented as a meat tenderizer and is often confused to be a corn sheller. It is in Jim Moffet's book on corn shellers.

Title: Re: heavy 3 prong gizmo
Post by: rusty on December 09, 2012, 08:27:28 PM

That is the strangest meat tenderizer I have seen to date....
(And some of them are very strange looking)

Title: Re: heavy 3 prong gizmo
Post by: northkid on December 09, 2012, 10:44:42 PM

Thanks Lewill2. Will have to check that out.

Title: Re: heavy 3 prong gizmo
Post by: Lewill2 on December 10, 2012, 06:39:37 PM

Patent 613,572 Issued November 1, 1898 to M. E. Hunt

Title: Re: heavy 3 prong gizmo
Post by: amecks on December 11, 2012, 12:02:20 PM

It's a POIUYT! Also known as a blivet.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/tamalecks/MADPoiuytjpg.jpg)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q177/tamalecks/blivet.jpg)