this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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What is this thing?

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This was given to me by a friend today, who had visited a recent Mardi Gras parade. His girlfriend found it while randomly scavenging around.

It originally had a red rubber band on it, but that ended up cut and lost, hence the regular rubber band to keep it closed. Thankfully it was never used though.

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[–] FrederikNJS@piefed.zip 6 points 3 days ago

Why would it rust?

These things are used in forests where it rains, and when used they end up in the wet insides of a deer or in the damp wet ground in the forest. They are made from stainless steel, so they arent single-use, and doesn't rust up and get dull before being used.

The amazon link, someone else found above, also explicitly say it's stainless in the title.