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« on: April 17, 2014, 11:37:59 pm »

What is and why does this have an extension with a flat spot from the stopper like this ?

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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2014, 12:37:59 am »

Looks like a nail to keep the cork in place...

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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2014, 12:42:27 am »

Hi George,

I had a exactly same stopper as yours from my first Yan Yutian bottle, I still don't know how it works tho.Sad
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2014, 01:53:09 am »

Could it be a sort of pestle for further pulverize the snuff?
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2014, 09:09:27 am »

George,

I've never seen anything like it?  Both Tom's and Giovanni's responses seems very plausible.

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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2014, 12:34:01 pm »

Dear George,
   I've never seen anything like that either. Interesting.
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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2014, 03:54:36 pm »

Hi All

My  best  guess  is that  it's  just  a    very   crude    way to make a  stopper :  use  a  common-all-garden nail  ,  hammer  it  into any-old   stopper,   and  bind  it   with  some   thick   sticky  tape .  Obviously  a  horrible   amateur  job

Note  that the  nail  stem is   square,  not    round i.e.   a   VERY  rough,  crude  nail

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Peter
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