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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

bucolic_frolic

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4. But why paint it in black to tenderize meat? And the ring suggests holding something

Reply to flying_wahini (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 4, 2022, 03:26 PM

Dec 2022

in place, like a piece of cloth ... maybe with some sand or something inside. And the bottoms have cut marks, like chopping nuts or something like that.

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I'm going with ink blotter or meat tenderizer. flying_wahini Dec 2022 #1

But why paint it in black to tenderize meat? And the ring suggests holding something bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #4

Yeah, I think it's a meat pounder/tenderizer. rsdsharp Dec 2022 #2

Nah, they wouldn't put a finish on the pounding surface. Those are darning/reweaving frogs. marble falls Dec 2022 #3

I agree with you Marthe48 Dec 2022 #5

Looks like something they used to use in a print shop tap the type or paper in place, just a guess Walleye Dec 2022 #6

Pestle for a wide based mortar? Paper Roses Dec 2022 #7

How about a gadjet to push meat into a meat doc03 Dec 2022 #8

It's a sock darner. IjustDontlikeRepugs Dec 2022 #9

*** I think we have a winner! *** bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #10

My mother and grandmother had more egg shaped sock darners. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #11

They are sometimes called an egg sock darner... IjustDontlikeRepugs Dec 2022 #12

The egg shape slipped more easily into the sock for darning. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #13

That makes sense Irish. IjustDontlikeRepugs Dec 2022 #14

It is so strange to see things that I grew up with called antiques. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #16

Agreed. The one I have from my grandmother is more egg shaped. There are a few sinkingfeeling Dec 2022 #15