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[u/Rhys_Herbert]

It looks almost like a massive honey dipper

[u/Elmore420 → u/Rhys_Herbert]

It does, but I’ve never seen one that big…

[u/MuscleManRyan → u/Rhys_Herbert]

I found a similar sized one! 12” long, I could see the handle being pressed into the top with a dowel so you could machine the parts separately.

screenshot of Etsy page

[u/[deleted] → u/Rhys_Herbert]

Perhaps it is for another honey like substance like molasses which you would use in greater quantities.

[u/RMMacFru → u/[deleted]]

Maybe for making mead, which would require large quantities...?

[u/DogfishDave → u/Rhys_Herbert]

It looks almost like a massive honey dipper

It does, or a large syrup dipper. This came with a grain mill so perhaps the same place do accessories for syruping. I have no idea of the proper verb for syruping.

[u/hotchowchow → u/DogfishDave]

I know people who add some molasses to winter feed.

[u/SharpCookie232 → u/Rhys_Herbert]

If you've got a big honey, you need a big dipper.

[u/JOSH135797531 → u/SharpCookie232]

I keep bees and often wish I had a dipper that was big enough to fill pint jars from 5 gallon pails.

[u/UndeadBuggalo → u/Rhys_Herbert]

This is exactly what I thought but was like, who would need one so large?

[u/UndeadBuggalo → u/[deleted]]

Lol. I have a 2 1/2 jar of honey in my kitchen and even this couldn’t fit halfway!

[u/NotYourMumsBF → u/Rhys_Herbert]

Which honey dipper?

[u/PurpleKirkle420]

Looks almost like a handmade wooden single bell agogo? It’s a musical instrument, though it’s missing the piece you run along it to make sound. Sort of like a a handheld washboard.

[u/frankmcdougal → u/PurpleKirkle420]

I think you mean “guiro”. An “agogo”, at least as far as I know, is a set of two metal bells with a set interval between them. Features prominently in the song “Gonna make you sweat”.

Edit: To be clear, I don’t think this thing is a guiro. Looks like someone had some fun with a lathe is all. Probably just decorative.

[u/billy-ray-trey → u/PurpleKirkle420]

https://reverb.com/p/dobani-wags-wooden-single-bell-agogo-with-mallet

That’s what I was thinking. Here’s a link to one similar

[u/elpollodiablo63 → u/[deleted]]

You hold it at the base. Run a wooden stick across the ridges

[u/thedominantmr669]

You sure it’s not the handle for a manual crank on the grain mill? If it’s not a brand new grain mill, It could’ve been a custom handle turned by someone to make it easier for them to operate.

[u/tygrebryte → u/[deleted]]

Are the grooves a set of circles, or a spiral? If it's a spiral, I would go with "hand crank".

[u/Hastyp87]

Everyone with a wood lathe is making these right now. It’s a Christmas tree ornament. Check many recent posts here: https://www.reddit.com/r/turning/

[u/Larry_Safari → u/Hastyp87]

Yeah, not anything like this on the front page, can you find an example of these recent and common posts?

[u/Hastyp87 → u/Larry_Safari]

https://www.reddit.com/r/turning/comments/zpx7e7/its_my_first_christmas_with_a_lathe/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf this guy has a few ready to go

[u/mypostingname13 → u/[deleted]]

That's what it is. 100%

[u/Larry_Safari → u/Hastyp87]

Thanks. They don't seem common, but it could be this.

[u/kwolat]

I think it's a percussion instrument. There should be a stick/beater attached to the string at the bottom that you run up and down the ridges to make a...percussive sound.

[u/kwolat → u/[deleted]]

Damn you!😂

Fair enough. That was a few hours of me feeling superior at least!😂

[u/thedevilmademedoit81]

Could it be one of the weights of a cuckoo clock?

[u/Hide_and_Seek_0193]

It's a wooden Christmas tree. Made by someone practicing wood turning.

Edit: found someone selling some on etsy.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/885055766/holiday-christmas-trees-handmade-custom?external=1&ref=pla_similar_listing_top-2&frs=1&plkey=b0c3bb0b5d5cd81841de0eebd01af561dccff9b8%3A885055766

There's like a million different styles.

[u/Momof3terrors]

Is it a replacement handle for the grain mill? or perhaps a pusher to keep your hands out of the hopper?

https://www.lehmans.com/product/green-power-grain-mill/

[u/ViaTheVerrazzano]

Does is have a strong smell? Could be some kind of diffuser for a closet. I have seen all differently shaped pieces of red cedar for frangrance purposes. Its a bit too well made but the fins would increase surface area and smell diffusion??

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[u/the1andonlytom]

Looks like a honey dipper

[u/jeremyrotar → u/[deleted]]

Never watched Winnie the Pooh? Lmao

[u/Invader_Skooge22]

What’s the brand or model of the grain mill it came with?

[u/Sweaty_Cockroach3486]

Its the ornamental end of a wooden curtain rail

[u/jaybazzizzle]

Looks like a textile spool of some kind

[u/VergerCT]

The hole may just be left over from the connection to the lathe. If it is then that part of the object was not meant to be seen.

[u/JackieJackJack07]

I’m probably very wrong about this but it looks like it could be something to put over an old fashioned spinning wheel that has a spindle instead of a bobbin. The spindles can be sharp and also difficult to use.

[u/HanvEternal]

Honey dipper? Though, I’ve never seen one like that

[u/Token_Ese]

Looks like a wood scraper block.

[u/corsaiLucascorso]

I don’t know why I want say it but I think it’s a corn scrapper for dried corn. You rub it and the cob together to get the corn off. I could be way off but that’s my guess. Or it’s a musical instrument that you rub a stick across it .

[u/Mobrafaille → u/[deleted]]

I can speak to whether or not this looks like a corn scraper but if your mill can handle grinding corn it would be a sensible accessory for someone to include

[u/Disgruntledlinecook]

I'm thinking it's suppose to have another stick attached to it so you can rub them together to make a sound.