Anybody know what this is?

Pistolero

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OK, I am baffled. Apparently new, very heavy canvas, very nicely made. On the two seams there are
stiffening beads sewn in, but not a hard material like metal wire, just a stiff cord. About 50% thicker
canvas than Levis. Seems like "professional" and extra heavy duty kind of quality.

My wife is helping a friend go thru deceased parent's house. He retired from the gas company, might
possibly have something to do with a gas company field worker. I think he went around and checked out
repaired and installed lines and meters, but not 100% sure on that.

Here is the mystery item.
unknown canvas item small.jpg

I have no idea, at first glance thought of an archer's arm guard, but too big and the loops are way
wrong.

Bill
 

Pistolero

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OK, so nobody has any more clue than I do. :) Well, maybe somebody has seen one
before being used for whatever it was intended for.

Bill
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Working for the gas co, I wonder if it was something to shield a meter or "Tee" or something when other work was done nearby? Or maybe it was a flussengabller to fit a Merklinberg Zychinhklinckle Glasinfrentiblxych? Used to be lot of those floating around... :headscratch:
 

fiver

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grinding/welding shield.
everything from the street to your furnace was/is threaded.
everything supply side was welded.

now much of it is plastic then tied into threaded to go to your house.
[big 3-4" yellow plastic]
 

Pistolero

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Bret, I apparently dreamed about this last night. Historically, my brain works on long 'sort' and
'pondering' jobs when I am asleep, I have more than a few times awakened with some good
info that I had worked out while most of my brain was on break. I have no idea how that works,
but it can be pretty cool when it does.
My though was that it may loop over the inlet and outlet of a gas meter to protect the glass on
the front? Will look at my gas meter and see if it is even remotely the right size. May have been on
a new gas meter to protect it and then 'surplus' when it is installed.

And Bret, our local midwestern gas companies never used Glasinfrentiblxyches. We were already past that
technology years ago. Must be an upstate NY thing. :D

fiver, I will see if the mask idea seems reasonable, might be. I assume you mean face.neck shield,
although maybe for the gas meter, too.

Bill
 
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Pistolero

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Way too small for a face mask, if you fold it 90 deg on the reinforced lines,
which makes the loops across from each other, so that some sort of cylinder might
slide through both, it is only 3 1/2" wide. So, if it wrapped around 3 sides of something,
it is a pretty small something, say smaller than an normal gas meter.

Bill
 

Ian

Notorious member
My very first thought was a gaiter or snake guard, but I don't think the handle/strap loops will work for stirrups. Without a strap it wouldn't stay in place unless worn under trouser legs anyway.
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
And Bret, our local midwestern gas companies never used Glasinfrentiblxyches. We were already past that
technology years ago. Must be an upstate NY thing. :D



Bill

Oh? Must be they went to those new fangled Arfregdynnflynkmargers? I only saw pictures in Balkin Gas Industry and Ethnic Cleansing Weekly magazine, but they sure looked nice!
 

fiver

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grinding like cleaning edges for the welder.

larger [like 4" and up] gas pipes are welded in place.
across country feed lines are like 24 or 36"s, they branch out smaller and smaller to about 2" diameter to feed streets, 1" to the meter then 1/2" to your appliances.

you'll see 'williams' plants about every 60 miles to help pressurize the lines to keep the gas moving.
and smaller ones to jump the pressure up to feed the neighborhoods.
[from the ground it's usually around 60 psi after the initial blow off]