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It's #whatsitwednesday!

Our readers have been sending us their “What’s it Wednesday” treasures and many have even stumped us! Please help us identify this unknown object.

Our reader wrote: "What is this? This is made of some kind of light metal and opens like a book."

We’re stumped, too. If any readers know what this is, please let us know!

Be the first to guess what the pictured item is by leaving a comment below. If you have your own whatsit, our editors can include it in a future post. Please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and attach a clear picture, the size and any markings. Hopefully, we will be able to identify it for our readers! 

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#43 Answer from Kovels — kovels.com 2019-10-25 09:35
Thank you for all your help! Our editors agree with the “hot jar grabber” answers.  We think it is a cooking tool designed to remove a jar from hot water. 
#42 Answer from Kovels — kovels.com 2019-10-25 09:35
Thank you for all your help! Our editors agree with the “hot jar grabber” answers.  We think it is a cooking tool designed to remove a jar from hot water. 
#41 Wrong description — Keldy 2019-10-23 17:55
You don't have the correct description for this item.
Have you simply forgotten this week's item? No answer for what it is, if you know?
#40 Tongs — Lavishmango 2019-10-21 05:57
I like the picking up baby bottles idea.
#39 RE: It's #whatsitwednesd ay! — AlyceStu 2019-10-18 16:16
Test tube tongs used to pick up hot tubes off a Bunsen Burner or toxic tubes.
#38 Pickle grippers — InTamarac 2019-10-18 13:21
Used to insert or remove pickles from jars?
#37 RE: It's #whatsitwednesd ay! — skatyeight 2019-10-17 18:12
Looks like it could be used to lift jars from a canner, or whatever we would use simple tongs for today.
#36 RE: It's #whatsitwednesd ay! — bpstuff 2019-10-17 09:26
Maybe a medical instrument used to open an area during surgery.
#35 RE: It's #whatsitwednesd ay! — soflomama 2019-10-17 08:40
looks very much like the clamps we still use in the lab today to move hot test tubes and glassware, etc.
#34 tongs — sindee45 2019-10-17 08:15
I have one of these in my kitchen, they are used to grab the meat and flip it over. Tongs I guess you would call them. Works great on the BBQ'er.

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