Comments on: What is It? Game 48

By: wytchhazel

wytchhazel — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:36:35 +0000

Its a laying tool used in loom weaving. It is meant to operate like a long tweezers, one uses it to reverse thread/pull an end piece. Often used in blanket and rug weaving. The opposite side is used not unlike an awl.

By: Alasdair

Alasdair — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:50:15 +0000

Going out on a whim here, and it might sound completely radical, but is it just a pair of tweezers and a tube of sand-like-stuff?

By: PJ in SF

PJ in SF — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:17:34 +0000

It’s a fuse that needs to be placed in a difficult-to-reach location in an electronic device. The “tweezers” are to help with the fuse’s placement.

By: david t

david t — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:10:14 +0000

it’s a type of corkscrew without a screw.

By: Rosi

Rosi — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:07:58 +0000

I think that the smaller object is a wood and metal slide whistle (possibly from the Baroque period) and the large tweezer like object is a primitive tuning fork, possibly in the key of B sharp(tuning to a whole note higher than ours, naturally). I believe J.S.Bach used one in his Brandenburg concerto no. 7.

By: Mossel

Mossel — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:05:31 +0000

The small part is inserted into the brain via ear or nose with a hammer, then the large part is attached.
As the fluids enter the compartment with the sand, the prongs will fibrate and indicate if the patient was telling the truth or not.
Mainly used on small children.

By: rhea_sun

rhea_sun — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:36:39 +0000

a dowser

By: Joe H

Joe H — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:07:11 +0000

It’s a feeder for a small pet (like a gerbil or hamster). The tweezer part is a clip to attach to the top of a cage and the other part is where you put the food/water.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:57:22 +0000

It is a vibrational/psychic tuning thing. You give the long fork thing a whack with the short thing and the fork vibrates. Then you move it around a person, like through their aura and such. And then they are all better!

By: KIT CLOUD

KIT CLOUD — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:58:11 +0000

Its obviously some kind of projectile developed by Reed Richards and Tony Stark to take down the Hulk. It must be so dangerous that you have to use the tongs to handle it safely. What could possibly go wrong?

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:15:28 +0000

I’m throwing a wild guess that this has to do something with magnetism.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:51:55 +0000

It’s an extra large tuning fork

By: Craig Clayton

Craig Clayton — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:06:21 +0000

I believe it is a lighting arrestor for lighting strikes to high voltage power lines.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:01:03 +0000

its for measureing spacific gravity in some kind of liquid.

By: James

James — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:09:53 +0000

Sand fuse/jacob’s ladder style device that arcs electricity and will fuse the sand into glass (breaking the connection inside the glass vial within the sand) when too much current is reached.

By: Nbob

Nbob — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:23:33 +0000

It’s a divining rod for witching water