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titser_marco
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What could this be?

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I bought this lot of unused tubes from some guy in Manila and included in the package was a pair of these tong-like things. What could they be for? FWIW, the clips grip the 6L6GCs I bought from him quite snugly.
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OMG! Those are the mystery tongs of Manila, used by the Knights Templar for making you wonder what they are!

Sorry. Been watching too much TV.

Not tube related, I'm sure.
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Drink holder?
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They clamp around the base of octal tubes to assist in removal?
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Helps keep your nuts attached when you crank your Marshall Major.
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Beaker clamp?
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Ron Worley
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It's the genital cuff, Ruprict!
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Ron Worley wrote:It's the genital cuff, Ruprict!
What's the difference between this and what Tom said?

Looks to me like one of those medieval instruments of torture.
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Phil_S wrote:Looks to me like one of those medieval instruments of torture.
Imelda's shoe stretcher.
down technical blind alleys . . .
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Nipple clamp?

What? Someone had to say it! :)
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Throttle plate di-flange grundler!
Or something to do with the swonnicles & pain...
Anything but 6L6 grabbers.
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It really looks like it's from a work lamp but it's missing the spring clamp from the pivot end with the bolt!
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I'm gonna go with a nostril torture device. Something your mother might use instead of getting her fingers buggerfied when she's dragging you by the nostrils.
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Can't really tell if it is big enough, but my guess would be some kind of guitar (or other instrument) wall hanger. Maybe it got separated from the rest of the assembly?

Either that or an alien anal probe. (The UFO kind of alien)
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