What is It? – July 2013

Sally Smaha of Terrace, B.C., writes, “This item was in a menswear store that my dad purchased back in 1959. The bookkeeper used it as a paperweight and sometimes a hammer! It measures 5 1/4 inches in height and is quite heavy. The handle, which is hollow and has a hole in the top, unscrews to reveal two metal wires inside the base.”