Does anyone know what this is?

[pnc75]

It's about 18 cm long, both ends screw off and has three round plastic circles on it.

TIA

[pnc75]

Another person who has been here is the pest control man.

[digital*ghost]

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@imastawka wrote:

Nothing to do with any of those things IMO.

Still reckon it's a Bodhran Tipper.

Been googling.     And I reckon it's hollow, to store the 'brush/reeds'

The plastic rings are to hold the brush/reeds together.

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I have no clue what it is, but the plastic rings are on the outside of the...thing, so they wouldn't fit inside if they were holding reeds that are supposed to go on the inside. 

[imastawka]

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@digital*ghost wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

The plastic rings are to hold the brush/reeds together. 

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I have no clue what it is, but the plastic rings are on the outside of the...thing, so they wouldn't fit inside if they were holding reeds that are supposed to go on the inside. 

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Missed the pics I put up, Digi?   The rings hold the reeds together,  on the outside.

  

                 ^^^                                                  ^^^

Voila!!    Rings on the outside, holding the reeds together.

[digital*ghost]

I misread your post (was thinking you meant the rings go on the reeds, then inside the case), but if the reeds do go inside the case, the rings will still be too big to hold them together, because the capacity of the reeds has to be smaller than the case in order to fit inside them, so they'd be loose if a ring that fits on the outside of the case went around the reeds.

The shape certainly matches them, so I'm not saying it's definitely not a bodhran tipper, just that the presence of the rings on the outside doesn't match the suggested use. 

[imastawka]

Pfffft....a mere technicality.    

These ones seem to have the extra rings stored on the outside.   

The black 'handle' part is certainly larger than the reeds.

[digital*ghost]

Yeah, but they are obviously rubber rings / bands that have beed doubled around the handle and reeds - if I read the OP correctly (and clearly I don't always), the rings on this are plastic, with no flexibility.

Also, I couldn't find one example of a metal bodhran tipper or case. They might be out there, but every single example I saw was wooden. 

[pnc75]

Yes, the rings have no flexibility. 

[digital*ghost]

You could try posting the image to What Is This Thing (it's a subreddit dedicated to identifying strange objects, I'd use the disassembled pic for clarification)

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/

[pnc75]

Am trying digi, but having all sorts of trouble registering. HHowever, I'll persevere.....

[countessalmirena]

Assuming that the rings do indeed have nothing to do with the function of the item, could it be a container for a replacement cartridge for a pen?