New Favorite Thing, Old Handmade Turning Disks Mechanical Toy from Vermont Estate cloudy sky in hand feels very crisp

in hand feels very crisp and bright

he paid a fair bit for it

3 3/4" l x 2 1/6" d x 1 9/16" t

making it feel quite singular and special

New Favorite Thing, Old Handmade Turning Disks Mechanical Toy from Vermont Estate cloudy sky in hand feels very crispI love this thing, which I take for an old handmade wooden "fidget" toy of sorts: turn the red painted handle at center, and the five wooden disks rotate, individually and each turning the next so they all circle around the ring like cogs in a wheel. Sometimes they move together well, and sometimes not quite so smoothly, which lends some excitement to the operation one wants to turn the handle just right. I know this was found in an old barn in