Like An Apple Core Spool with Spikes, Super Satisfying Antique Tenderizer (or Biscuit Pricker), 1876 Patent civil war playing cards I have to think was

I have to think was made sometime in the depths of winter

and this marvelous

A few tiny spots and a couple of bits detached at one end

Early-mid 20th century

the front ones on a axle that turns widely side to side

Like An Apple Core Spool with Spikes, Super Satisfying Antique Tenderizer (or Biscuit Pricker), 1876 Patent civil war playing cards I have to think wasI found this while toodling around Mid Coast Maine last weekend and it struck me a very beautiful thing, with the form of the handle looking very much like a Shaker apple core spool and then this wonderful dense grid of sharp spikes. It was tagged as a meat tenderizer and I would guess that's right, though there are examples of antique shortbread biscuit prickers used for pricking dough to allow steam to escape of a similar nature, though usually