Anyone know what these are?

[Deadeye]

Firm plastic (like tupperware, not completely hard), each with a small hole that goes roughly 50% through.

Should I be capping garden canes, modelling DNA, or what??? They were with my Dad's tools.

 

[Bingy man]

Beads to make an abacus or something..

 

[ChaiLatte]

Beads to make an abacus or something..

See original post "each with a small hole that goes roughly 50% through". I am not sure they would slide along the abacus bar like that.

I have seen similar large red ones on brass-encased thermometers used for taking the temperature of concrete but that is unlikely to be correct.

 

[Spectric]

Not enough colours for an abacus, you want at least units, tens, hundreds and thousands .

 

[Deadeye]

Beads to make an abacus or something..

I'd have expected them to be drilled right through for an abacus

 

[Bingy man]

Had a difficult day yesterday so didn’t read fully ,,

 

[Jacob]

Knobs. Small and smaller.

 

[Jake]

Rope ends?
https://www.sea-sure.co.uk/rope-stoppersplastic-balls-1147-p.asp

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Looks like some thing to go on the top of canes you use in the garden to stop peeps hurting selves

 

[Deadeye]

Rope ends?
https://www.sea-sure.co.uk/rope-stoppersplastic-balls-1147-p.asp

I think those are drilled through all the way and tend to be hard plastic?

 

[Noel]

Beads I think. If they are hard likely acrylic (can also get soft silicone as well), half hole type. You can do all sorts with them, bracelets, keyrings etc , apparently......