What is It? Game 22.

By Alex in What Is It on May 17, 2007 at 4:29 am

Today’s collaboration with What is It? Blog brings us this object: what is it for? (for a close up picture, check out What is It?)

Place your guess in the comment section – please don’t post any URL, let others play. You’re playing for bragging rights – no t-shirt this week.

[Update 5/25/07: Sorry for the late answer, here it is:

Bill poster's hammer or advertising hammer, the clip near the head holds a tack and the lower clip holds an advertising card, the long handle allows the card to be posted high above normal reach, so it can't be stolen.

Congratulations to Chauss513 who got it right!]

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Abi
May 17th, 2007 at 5:31 am
an ancient croquet mallet?
Tyler
May 17th, 2007 at 5:32 am
It’s a polo mallet.
Dan
May 17th, 2007 at 5:44 am
an early golf putter.
Claire
May 17th, 2007 at 6:04 am
Polo mallet.
pol x
May 17th, 2007 at 6:54 am
not a polo mallet I don’t think as they are the same on both faces, the head doesn’t have a point.
Chauss513
May 17th, 2007 at 7:12 am
Looks like it may be for putting up Posters or advertisements,

The clip on the side is used to hold the nail/tack to the head. Also looks like the handle is two parts and screws together.
M
May 17th, 2007 at 7:23 am
The head seems too small for a polo mallet. My guess would be a wheel-tapper’s hammer (tap the wheels of a train – if it makes a clear sound, it’s good, a dull thunk means it’s cracked). However, the handle seems a little long for that.
Norr
May 17th, 2007 at 7:43 am
It is a reflex hammer thingy for Giraffes or large animals.
Randall
May 17th, 2007 at 8:25 am
This is the ‘kurtzen’ teegle hammer. Its introduction at the 1844 Wastenhal conference of Remblemanner caused a minor scandal and gave rise to the slogan ‘Komm und Drang!’ With the exception of Argentina, which had outlawed Resten-kepling as a sport or vocation in the previous year, its use was universally adopted and the ‘Lang’ teegle hammer was held up as an object of derision.
Kaotix
May 17th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Its a Banana Picker
jonno
May 17th, 2007 at 10:55 am
its a semi-automatic machine pie
Anastacia24
May 17th, 2007 at 11:27 am
It’s the stickman’s stick for a craps game and is used to pull the dice off the table.
Drew
May 17th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
It’s 2 monkeys
Brent
May 17th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
It knocks icicles from buildings
hermit_man
May 17th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Gandalfs cane.
Craig
May 17th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
It is for placing posters up high. A nail is loaded in the top clip and the bottom edge is held in the lower clip. One strike set the poster.
hiddnfox
May 17th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
it’s a bird killer. no need to wait for them to come down to the ground. Whack ‘em while they’re still up in the trees!
Drew
May 17th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
It’s a marble polo hammer. Long live marble polo!
Philip
May 17th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
It’s a bicycle polo mallet.
Zakk Underhill
May 17th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Banana picker.
pol x
May 17th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
I think Chauss5130 is on the money!

you pop the tack in the side brace give it a wee tap to secure it then spin the head round and thump the bugger home.

well done Chauss513 even if you prove to be totaly wrong.
BcR
May 18th, 2007 at 12:29 am
It’s a stick used to jab elephants in the hind quarters by a rider/trainer. Sort of like a whip would be used on a horse.
MadMolecule
May 18th, 2007 at 1:06 am
It’s a croupier’s rake.
wow
May 18th, 2007 at 3:52 am
WATCH MAKER OR CLOCK REPAIR HAMMER
Jeff Roselli
May 18th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Yes, it is an early form of a polo mallet.
tiki
May 18th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
antique billiards bridge
Ali S.
May 18th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Polo polo polo polo polo!!

Awww…no t-shirt?
Alex
May 26th, 2007 at 1:29 am
Congrats to Chauss513, who got it right! It’s a bill poster’s hammer.

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