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[flying_wahini]

1. I'm going with ink blotter or meat tenderizer.

[bucolic_frolic]

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

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.

[rsdsharp]

2. Yeah, I think it's a meat pounder/tenderizer.

https://www.amazon.com/Norpro-Grip-EZ-Stainless-Steel-Pounder/dp/B00004UE7C/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=PIPXKCXGJX45&keywords=meat+pounder&qid=1670185252&sprefix=meat+pou%2Caps%2C272&sr=8-5

[marble falls]

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

[Marthe48]

5. I agree with you

If you tried to pound meat with that surface, you'd get mush.

[Walleye]

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

[Paper Roses]

7. Pestle for a wide based mortar?

[doc03]

8. How about a gadjet to push meat into a meat

grinder? A Donald Trump butt plug?

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

9. It's a sock darner.

Do a search on Etsy for more info.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. *** I think we have a winner! ***

Sock darner it is, though many have more an egg shape than these two.

[Irish_Dem]

11. My mother and grandmother had more egg shaped sock darners.

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

12. They are sometimes called an egg sock darner...

Or Darning egg. Some are shaped more like an egg. Not sure why.

[Irish_Dem]

13. The egg shape slipped more easily into the sock for darning.

Especially with smaller children's socks.

I think a flat one would be difficult to use.
I used the egg shaped one when I was young.

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

14. That makes sense Irish.

I only have experience in buying and selling things prior to the 70’s. But I’m always fascinated by the things I come across.

[Irish_Dem]

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

And things my mother and grandmother used on a daily basis.

[sinkingfeeling]

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

shaped like these on Ebay.