Never saw one of these.

[David R]

Must be for a die hard bottom pour like me.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cast-Iron-Estate-Lead-Smelter-Ladle-Sinker-Bullet-Mold_W0QQitemZ7210997572QQcategoryZ71118QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItemHere (http://cgi.ebay.com/Cast-Iron-Estate-Lead-Smelter-Ladle-Sinker-Bullet-Mold_W0QQitemZ7210997572QQcategoryZ71118QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem)

[pdgraham]

It will drip.. :mrgreen:

[SharpsShooter]

You wouldn't use that one barehanded for long. Interesting one though.

[KCSO]

I think that was made for doing bearings, at least that is what the local windmill repair guy uses.

[versifier]

KCSO, I do believe you are correct. I remember my great uncle, a master tool maker, describing one like it when I asked him about babbit bearings. Something like "...imagine a plumber's ladle with a retractable pin over a hole in the center to get it into the small top holes..." That looks to be what he was talking about. I love weird old tools, and even more when I can figure out what the hell they were used for.

[wills]

Gin-you-wine Peloponnesian War Vintage, used to cast pellets for the soldiers slingshots.