Does anyone know what this is?

[pickapaper]

My husband bought two of these at a sale.  There are NO markings of any kind on them.   The canister part is 24 in long x 4 in diameter.  It has a solid divider in the center of the canister so it is divided into two parts.  One end opens, the other end is solid with 3 holes and you get into that half with a side opening with a spring-loaded door.   There is a tubular thing on the outside that is open on one end.    We've showed it to several people and no one has ever seen one before.  

[1tuna]

it sort of looks like a hot welding rod holder

welding rods are kept in ovens sometimes and they are too hot to handle so you would need a can to take them with you to the job

[krazzykats]

Document holder.

[iart]

That's what I would have thought, a land surveyor's blueprint tube or the like. But that should be waterproof (has end holes) or what's the point? Also, no reason for the side 'door'.

[pickapaper]

Thanks for the responses.   That was a big help.   I'm going to do more checking about the land surveyor's thing as I remember also seeing a couple of land survey tools at that sale.  At least it gives me a start.

[richard1rst]

Pardon my curiosity but if you didn't know what it was why did you buy it?

and/or

Didn't the person you bought it from know what it was?

[dirk12955]

I thought document holder too.     Then Map holder popped into my head.

[ittybitnot]

LOL....A  quick look on Google Lens of your second photo suggests it is part of a  disposable rocket launcher, anti tank weapon. 

[krazzykats]

I also had another idea that it was a poster holder...:)

[krazzykats]

Wow! It does look like a small rocket launcher or part of...just wow!

[fuzzface50]

"Pardon my curiosity but if you didn't know what it was why did you buy it?"

Some of my best profitable items are stuff I don't know what it is when I first get them. If it is cheap, I am willing to gamble and learn later what it is before it is too late especially buying storage units I get plenty of stuff that makes me go hmm but if it has enough hmmm in that unit, I gaurantee you I  will be bidding, I can always research later.

[t-bone543]

I sure wish someone would figure out what this is so I can quit trying. I have spent hours today picking through pages of Google images. OCD can really kill a day.

[juvikingnorway]

M72 LAW maybe?

Document holder.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[eunster1313]

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@juvikingnorway wrote:

M72 LAW maybe?

Document holder.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXqLWqCqDHc 

[downunder-61]

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@t-bone543 wrote:

I sure wish someone would figure out what this is so I can quit trying. I have spent hours today picking through pages of Google images. OCD can really kill a day.

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You and me both, I get caught up in these posts all the time LOL