Dear Stephen,

I not sure if that was its intended use, but the object looks very
like the tool I remember using at school back in the 1960's for
sharpening cork borers. (Cork borers being a set of different sized
tubes with handles used to make holes through rubber bungs and corks
to make up chemical apparatus.)



On Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:39:03 -0400 Robert Hunter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> In a message dated 9/7/2000 5:41:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> << http://members.cowtown.net/sicrg/whatzit.htm  >>
> looks like a dibble to me

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