Quote Originally Posted by STR8 77 View Post
To me it looks like a tool that is used to put ridges on Gnocchi. My Mom used to use one. Except all of the 'ridgers' that I've seen are not stained or lacquered.

http://www.bookofjoe.com/2006/09/gnocchi_ridger.html
Thats what it looked like to me right off the bat