Found odd roller in crawl space

[burakzilla]

Hi all,

New to this site and thank you for having me.

We found this rather odd roller in the crawl space of a house that my friend is renovating. I could venture a couple of guesses to what it is used for, but I thought this looked like a perfect forum to get a real answer.

We thought that it might be some type of roller tamper or a concrete tool.

One pic of the handle with the "oak leaf" logo and the other overall pic.

Any and all thoughts are appreciated.

[1930]

I was wondering where I put that meat tenderizer :)

[Billman49]

For putting indentations in to concrete to create a non slip surface...

[BruceS]

I'm thinking meat tenderizer.

[burakzilla]

Thanks Billman49. That would make a lot of sense, like a rotary stamp. Good to hear we weren't too far off the mark.

Although, you could probably tenderize a side of beef with that thing. lol. real heavy.

Thanks again.

[BruceS]

OK, We all could be right.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-CAST-WROUGHT-IRON-tool-TEXTURIZER-ROLLER-architecture-cooking-TENDERIZER-/310356340887

Wish I had a time machine to find out for sure. ;-)
Though it does look like there maybe some mortar encrusted on it.

[OilyRascal]

Pricey little fellow - it sure looks crude for a household kitchen utensil - maybe it was more a commercial "meat house" model.

[john k]

I've seen old sidewalks with those marks, now I know how they did it.  I have a few tools with "Oakleaf" markings.   It turns out the name was the brand of tools a chain of hardware stores offered, usually rebranded by  major brand  manufacturers. 
 

[Papaw]

I was going to guess it was for spreading wallpaper glue, but perhaps not.

[1930]

Though it does look like there maybe some mortar encrusted on it.
[/quote]

Thats animal fat :)

[geneg]

Not enough clearance or diameter for a concrete tool.  No matter how much oil or release agent placed on it, it would still load up.  It would be a long slow job to do much area with that.  Most of  the tactile concrete surfaces are stamped with a sheet.  Also, the imprint is opposite (sticks up in lieu of recessed).  Recessed on concrete would fill up with dirt.   I vote for the tenderizer.

[keykeeper]

It looks a lot like a dough docker I used for a while when I worked in the pizza business.

http://www.foodservicewarehouse.com/american-metalcraft/ddch7755/p382691.aspx

[rudeawakening55]

Vintage meat tenderizer...........I have one of these....is a neat old kitchen item.

[Aunt Phil]

Actually, you're all wrong.
That is the tool Clem Birdseye used to put dents in his first frozen waffles. 

Clem was quite proud of the accomplishment because his frozen pancake business was headed down the dumper.  All the recalled pancakes got rolled into waffles, repackaged and the damn things sold like hotcakes because the butter didn't roll off.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[1930]

It looks a lot like a dough docker I used for a while when I worked in the pizza business.

http://www.foodservicewarehouse.com/american-metalcraft/ddch7755/p382691.aspx

Too heavy for dough, runs right thru it