Comments on: What Is It? Game 54

By: Marcin Petruszka

Marcin Petruszka — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:48:50 +0000

Hi,
Happy as I was when I won the shirt, I never actually got it
Is there any chance of claiming this prize?

Sincerely,

Marcin Petruszka

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:48:17 +0000

Really painful cock ring.

By: StylusHappenstance

StylusHappenstance — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:01:49 +0000

Like some have already guessed, it stamps numbers, but more specifically, it stamps the 12 months of 1956 and then Jan-Mar of 1957.

By: RyanDS

RyanDS — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:46:43 +0000

It molds the shoe size into the rubber heel of a boot. The sizes are in US/Canadian and Japanese I believe.

By: jojo

jojo — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:36:40 +0000

THE ONLY TRUE

es parte de un sistema maya conocido como

“maquina para puñetas”

asi es, en esos tiempos cualquier pendejo se podia divertir con ella

segun antiguas inscripciones el rey Huixtlillopoxtli jugaba con su hijo todos los dias con una de estas

By: R. Harnett

R. Harnett — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:44:49 +0000

Unfortunately the name of this little beauty escapes me at the moment, but obviously, just from looking at it you can tell its creator was a visionary, the provocative bumps and flat finish are a combination rarely seen today. These are useful in many circumstances, e.g.: some guy shoots you a snook in church; an idiot is trying to argle-bargle your girlfriend; that guy with the chainsaw doesn’t know when to stop; a couple of weasels are bothering your chickens; or even when some hockey puck needs his firkin realigned. I guess that’s enough for now, those are just off the top of my head, I’m sure there are plenty more times when this would come in handy.

Robot Hunter

By: Dean Venture

Dean Venture — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:27:50 +0000

It’s part of the Enigma machine!

By: EDUARDO

EDUARDO — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:22:54 +0000

or maybe a tooth condom with a big hole

By: the man

the man — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:18:19 +0000

May I just say that this is the Hardest Nerd Game that you can’t sick a computer onto.

and yes it is a Cogswelll Cog.

By: EDUARDO

EDUARDO — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:17:51 +0000

It couldn’t been used for dates or months because the caracter are fixed, and are 15; then maybe it was used to stamp the size of some tool like 01/56 or 15/56

By: J

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:12:41 +0000

It’s not a Spacely Sproket, it’s a Cogswell Cog!

By: Christophe

Christophe — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:39:28 +0000

Nerdy branding iron.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:15:26 +0000

Calculator

By: unohav_1

unohav_1 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:08:13 +0000

Looks like you use it to strip kernels off a corn cobb. Heh, course I can’t tell its size. Maybe it’s for a REALLY big corn cobb…

By: Lukas

Lukas — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:29:37 +0000

It’s a pill press.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:04:41 +0000

It’s a contraceptive ring for the new female Terminator models.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:31:38 +0000

It looks like it would go on an old printing press

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:06:23 +0000

Iron Man’s wedding ring. The date is imprinted so he can’t forget his anniversary.

By: Myackie

Myackie — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:30:06 +0000

LOL @ #21

By: Joe H

Joe H — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:19:18 +0000

It’s like a stamp, but not really. It’s used for etching a number into metal. You put the desired number face-down on whatever you want to brand, then whack it on the back with a hammer.

By: Craig Claytom

Craig Claytom — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:16:55 +0000

I believe it is a ring to be hung on the rising part of a small stem valve for the control of water or gas by some controlling authority. It can be read backwards by the use of a mirror.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:07:02 +0000

Everyone knows that’s a Spacely Sprocket.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:02:00 +0000

its what i use when i can’t find my brass knuckles.

By: Carl from Santee

Carl from Santee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:45:22 +0000

I knew this one right away. It’s an ancient Hawaiian Lei from the Iron Age. It’s in really good shape, but heck, those things lasted forever.

By: whitlock

whitlock — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:50:56 +0000

It looks like it’s attached to a cog to increase it’s size. The inner teething are about the same size, but it increases the width between teeth.

Well, that’s my guess.

By: Jerse

Jerse — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:08:21 +0000

tug-of-war. Tug-Of-War. TUG-OF-WAR

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:06:48 +0000

This is a mold insert for adding a datestamp to manufactured goods. You slot the insert into the mold in the proper orientation, and the date shown is molded into the product. This particular model appears to be from 1956, since the dates run are of the form “m-yy” and the yy is 56.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:47:00 +0000

it has characteristics of a spark plug gap tool, but obviously it’s not for spark plugs because it’s measurements are far larger than needed. i’m at a loss. it’s photoshopped!

By: Miller

Miller — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:29:02 +0000

Looks like it is used to make chains.

By: JT

JT — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:10:42 +0000

It’s a stamp tool used to put numbers and/or letters on antibiotics and other medications.

By: Craig Clayton

Craig Clayton — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:48:02 +0000

I believe it is to hung on a small valve on the rising stem part of the shaft to indicate when it was turned on or off by the controlling authority.The valve would be for gas or water.

By: dodgyd55

dodgyd55 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:22:07 +0000

metal punch/stamp

By: jon

jon — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:11:44 +0000

key used by the Egyptians to control their Stargate )

By: nick

nick — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:50:25 +0000

im always too late… its some sort of stamp.

By: Lasse

Lasse — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:19:16 +0000

A Klingon frisbee.

By: Romain

Romain — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:58:12 +0000

A stamp tool for a lunar calendar ?

By: Francesco

Francesco — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:56:25 +0000

I think it’s a complementary piece in a mould used for the injection of melted plastic materials.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:30:38 +0000

This is a stamp tool.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:14:14 +0000

I believe this is the toughest looking dog collar ever. Spikes? Psssh. This is for the dog who knows who’s boss of the dog yard.

By: Marcin Petruszka

Marcin Petruszka — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:58:44 +0000

I’ve never seen anythng like this, but I guess what this could be used to – Looks like steel or cast iron to me, and it has those reversed letters protruding from the surface… This could be some rotating part of a press – you could turn the ring changing the numbers/letters that eventually get pressed against some softer material – paper, copper, lead.
Am I at least close?
Fun to do this anyway!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:56:47 +0000

A really old-school bicycle gear?

By: Barjak

Barjak — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:50:14 +0000

This is a primitive hula hoop