What is this?

[debodun]

I found this in a kitchen drawer of parent's home, so I suspect it's some sort of kitchen gadget although it looks more like something a doctor would use. It's all metal and 8" long and the end slides in and out. Any idea what it is?

[Rauville]

It takes an ol' duffer to remember using these. Back when cream floated to the top of the milk bottle you needed something like this to dip it off.

[debodun]

Oh, thank you so much for that ID. Now I can sleep tonight. LOL.

[talesofthesevenseas]

Good one Rauville! I was thinking it might be for decorating cakes and I was way off!

[mart]

We had one of these posted by someone a while back !!  Same style I think !!

[KC]

Yepper, this is the second one within the past 6 months.

[CuriousCollector]

Are there THAT many dairy/creamery items coming on the market recently?  Or is it just that dairy machinery inspires a great deal of "what the heck?"?

And yes, I'll sleep better too......

[KC]

CuriousCollector, I think it is that more kitchens are getting "cleaned out" with the newer generations and inquiring minds are wanting to know.

However, I imagine many have been trashed because they figured they didn't need it.

Definitely a collectible as the years go by.