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As far as i remember from my (very very very) old experiments, it looks as a "galena" radio tuning assembly ..... i mean, the holder on the back have a galena (lead sulfide) crystal hooked in it, and the knob must be a "baffle" or thin steel wire with a fine point at the end ..... you had to search for sintony touching the galena crystal with the point in different position, til you find a spot that work as a diode, for detect and reveal the radio emission, and hear them directly in a high impedance headphone ..... good old times :D
 





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I don't know how you call them in US, here is simply called "galena receiver" or "galena radio", the whole assembly, and "galena detector" that part alone.
 
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It has a very common name in the likes of the US , UK , and i should imagine pretty much everywhere.
 
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LOL, i hope you don't mean the "cat baffle" (or cat whisker or similar) that someone uses in some place for indicate it, don't you ? ..... right ? :p :D
 
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Oh, yeah ? ..... then have fun finding the name of this item :eg:

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same as your one, try to guess the exact name ..... also this one is easy, they made a lot of them in ..... er ..... in 1904 :p *insert BIG EVIL laugh here*


EDIT: image resized, sorry, not realized it was so big :p
 
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Looks like some kind of reciever like morse? or a Coherer receiver?
 
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Looks like some kind of weird music player that plays music with the dinging tones of a bell. Or a funky looking old fire alarm.
 
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Ice cube tongs or egg cutter.
HMike

or a medical tool used to ahh errrr cut a errr round thing from something --- LOL
 
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^^ haha , no to all.


Also , knowing what its used for, i'd estimate it to be about 16" long.
 
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16" seems a little short for blacksmith tongs to get near a forge.
Also, all the blacksmith tongs I have used are hinged in the middle.
HMike
 
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