I am really confused now. Today I went to a friends house to look at an oiler that he has for sale. I hit upon a combination of Pete's oiler with the perpendicular serrated or spline sides on the oil container and TomH proof marks. The oiler that I saw today had serrated sides (not checkered) where the splines were about 45 degrees slanted and not perpendicular as is Petes. But I saw the inspectors marks that TomH mentioned. The marks were a circled 'KK10' (very small) and also a '5'. These marks where on the bottom of the oil container or handle and not on the cap as I first thought. The rod was made of steel and was able to be unscrewed from the oil container or handle.
I may be confused too about the dripper within the oil container within the lid too. Pictures in my books look like a tiny spoon. But the one that I saw today just had a triagular tip. But that could be just the photography angle within the book.
I have to reread John Walters book (pg 269-270) but I THINK that, if anything, this would be either a commercial or a 1936 Portuguese oiler. Correct me if I am wrong.
Big Norm
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