is this cigar related?

[Stalebread]

I've been asked if I know what the pictured cylindrical object -- not the shoe last -- is. Well, the answer is "no."

(The asker knows I smoke cigars and thinks the object is cigar related.)

I have not seen the item itself, only these photos.

Anyone have any idea what this is?

At first glance I thought it was just a singles case but the center section is too short I think.

Both end sections are solid wood. The center section is some kind of paper board. The red thing is wax.

Thanks for any info or ideas anyone has.

[dB69]

When talking about tobacco, the shape of the object reminds me of Vauen pipes. For example: link

I don't really think it's a pipe, but this was just my association and a wild guess...

[cigcars]

It's obviously SOME kind of a container. But what it's meant to store I don't know. Maybe snuff??

[laficion]

Ken,

To be seriously serious, it looks like the central piece for a wall mount toilet paper roller.

I hope that I'm wrong

Or, it could be a custom Tailor's tool ?

[bc8436]

... a vessel to hide contraband for smuggling in prison?

[cigcars]

... a vessel to hide contraband for smuggling in prison?

UUURRRGGHHHH!!! I know the kind you mean!!

[MrGlass]

It looks like the handle of a tool used by a Cordwainer (shoe maker), and given that there is a last in the photo it kind of makes sense to jump to that conclusion. A number of the tools they use seem to have handles like this: http://www.cordwainertools.com/index.php?route=common/home

Nick.

[Stalebread]

Thanks for your thoughts, Gentlemen.

I asked the person who has this thing if the inside has any aroma.

The reply was that it smells only like wax, not tobacco.

I suspect it has nothing to do with cigars other than shape.

[dicko]

You have lovely hand writing

[Stalebread]

You have lovely hand writing

Thanks but no. My writing is so bad that I don't even bother with cursive anymore, I just print.

The pages you see are part of the photos that were sent to me.

Looks like pages from a 1943 accounts book of some kind.

[thechenman]

Thanks but no. My writing is so bad that I don't even bother with cursive anymore, I just print.

The pages you see are part of the photos that were sent to me.

Looks like pages from a 1943 accounts book of some kind.

In this age of technology it seems that good penmanship has become an extremly rare commodity...

[BobKincaid]

In this age of technology it seems that good penmanship has become an extremly rare commodity...

Rare enough that some school systems are ceasing teaching cursive altogether. No joke.

[Fuzz]

That is such a shame the penmanship is being phased out. I find I concentrate better when I write. I've actually started to practice calligraphy again after first taking it up over 20 years ago.