thebelvedereman Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 My stepmother found it in the basement, along with a whole bunch of car parts, the little knob on the end spins the two arms that are inside the funnel, and I have no idea what it is, not even sure if it's for anything to do with cars lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 (edited) Its a pooper scooper and you got it laying on your stove.....eeeew!!!!!! I really am just jerking your chain....... Edited August 26, 2018 by Plymouthy Adams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48ply1stcar Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 It's a ice cream scoop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted August 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, 48ply1stcar said: It's a ice cream scoop. LOL, well I guess it's not for working on cars then, I wonder what the heck it was doing with a bunch of antique car parts, maybe they were working on cars and making ice cream LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldSmith Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 Ice cream scoop makes sense. Twisting the knob will move the arms to cut the ice cream free. ...or whatever sticky mass you are scooping. Peanut butter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted August 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 yep, it was invented in 1887, and it's called a conical key scoop, and it was used mainly in ice cream parlors between 1887 and 1920, my stepmother found it with a bunch of antique auto parts, I guess they just threw it in there because it was an antique it's pretty much in perfect shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 they threw it in because like you in the beginning it was an unknown item....it is also the first time I saw a scoop of this style...very interesting ...thanks for posting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted August 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, Plymouthy Adams said: they threw it in because like you in the beginning it was an unknown item....it is also the first time I saw a scoop of this style...very interesting ...thanks for posting... No problem Tim, and thank you everyone I wouldn't have known what it was either if it wasn't for you guys, I looked up just about everything I could think of on the internet including a flour sifter, we got a great bunch of guys here, and I knew that one of you would know what it was, and then after you guys figured it out I did some research on the internet and found out exactly when it was made and everything, I might just throw it on the backseat of my car and take it to the cruise nights with the rest of the antique stuff that I have in the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 Maybe take a canister of homemade ice cream, demonstrate and make a lot of friends while having fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted August 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 I don't know if I'd make any friends, it appears to be galvanized, and would probably just taste like old metal LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneto-55 Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 52 minutes ago, thebelvedereman said: I don't know if I'd make any friends, it appears to be galvanized, and would probably just taste like old metal LOL I would guess that it is hot tin plated. (Cold tin plating, or "bright tin", is not food safe, but hot tin plating was used on lots of steel food service & processing items, like a hand meat grinder, for instance.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 a cat therefore found cooked on a hot tin roof would be safe to eat..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted August 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Eneto-55 said: I would guess that it is hot tin plated. (Cold tin plating, or "bright tin", is not food safe, but hot tin plating was used on lots of steel food service & processing items, like a hand meat grinder, for instance.) I'm not sure, but it does have some Rust spots inside, not to mention it's over a hundred years old, I'm not sure I would want to be eating anything from it Edited August 27, 2018 by thebelvedereman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneto-55 Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 6 hours ago, Plymouthy Adams said: a cat therefore found cooked on a hot tin roof would be safe to eat..... Where is the laughing smiley face? (Of course we CALL it tin, but I know that you know that it is really galvanized steel...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneto-55 Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 4 hours ago, thebelvedereman said: I'm not sure, but it does have some Rust spots inside, not to mention it's over a hundred years old, I'm not sure I would want to be eating anything from it Yeah, I wouldn't either. but we used to drink well water out at the windmill from a rusty tin can stuck over a nearby fence post. (After we rinsed out the spiders, of course.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 15 minutes ago, Eneto-55 said: Where is the laughing smiley face? (Of course we CALL it tin, but I know that you know that it is really galvanized steel...) I could not find one with a slurping tongue so I did not post any at all............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grdpa's 50 Dodge Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Spiders were just a programed part of our protein input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsartain Posted September 29, 2018 Report Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) Ice cream scoop, car parts... We have a guy that sets up and sells homemade ice cream at our county fair. He has Ice Cream machines powered by a old John Deere popper engines. Pretty neat to watch, and some good Ice Cream as well. Edited September 29, 2018 by johnsartain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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