Brass sliding port hole door thing.. NEED Help to Identify this.

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Dogfisch

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• Oct 8, 2017

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I found this on a beach at low tide in a seaside town in Massachusetts. At this location I also found lots of musket balls, shoe buckles, powder flask parts and coins dated from the 1700's. Its a part to something.. but I can't figure out what.. Please help ID this sliding door thing.

 

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ohiochris

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• Oct 8, 2017

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I cant be certain , but since function usually gives hints at intended use this looks like what you might see on a container or tank that held fuel or other liquid. An access point where you might put a stick in to gauge whatever is left of the contents. Could be way off , but that's what this looks like it would be useful for.

 

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• Oct 8, 2017

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Being a reformed cigar smoker, to me it looks like what is left of a cigar tip cutter. Check out some of these and see what you think.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ant...X&ved=0ahUKEwibqeqNpOLWAhXphFQKHVt3CQ8QsAQIQQ

 

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• Oct 8, 2017

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Part of an old cigar cutter?

 

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• Oct 8, 2017

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Early circumcision device maybe.

 

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HuntinDog

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• Oct 8, 2017

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Reminds me of a cigar cutter, but it looks pretty bug for that.

 

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• Oct 8, 2017

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My guess: its a bathroom(PortaPotty) door indicator latch. It would have read "Open" or "Vacant" until the latch was slid over, revealing an "Occupied" status.

 

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Dogfisch

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• Oct 9, 2017

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LOL well if its either one of those things it could really use a sharpening. No edge on it I'm afraid, its deffenatqy a door of some kind.

 

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Dogfisch

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That an interesting thought... hmm

 

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• Oct 9, 2017

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I thought cigar cutter too

 

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• Feb 18, 2019

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What does the back look like ? We have similar objects on the back of boilers to check the fire

 

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• Feb 18, 2019

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Very Interesting.. my first thought was oh easy one Cigar cutter .. then I noticed the size.

What gets me is how the heck do you grab on to that thing to even slide it easily? and doesn't look like there are any screw holes to bolt it to anything..
so to me it looks like it has a stand alone type function.


could it be another type of cutter say for hose/tube or something?