What is it? Game 74

By Alex in What Is It on Aug 28, 2008 at 7:00 am

Today’s collaboration with the What is it? blog brings us this strange object. Is it a weapon? Or simply a tool? Can you guess what it is for?

Place your guess in the comment section – no prize this week, so you’re playing for fame and glory only. But please post no URL – let others play.

For more clues, check out the What is it? Blog. Good luck, guys!

Update 8/29/08 – the answer is: A corn havester, for cutting corn stalks at the base without bending over, patent number 471,889, a modern version is still sold today. Congratulations to Roscoe who got it right first!


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  1. Larfin Jackarse
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 7:05 am

    This is why nEaTo is becimihg broing .it is a helper leg slahser for karate chopsn to zombieb nechs.

  2. Larfin Jackarse
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 7:07 am

    ps: it doesn’t help that if you turn the fode over the answer is written on the back.

  3. Roscoe
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 7:10 am

    EASY- corn stalk cutter, leaves both hands free to tie or move the stalks.

  4. Allison
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 7:12 am

    It looks like something you would use for climbing up a tree. Stick the blade in the trunk and use the foothold to support yourself. If not a tree, an electric pole?

  5. Brian
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 7:15 am

    Its for cutting down crops and brush as you walk.

  6. gS49
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 7:28 am

    For splitting logs–the instep rod lets you put all your weight into it.

  8. Dave
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 7:49 am

    It’s a boot.

    Ohhhhhh…. You mean the black thing strapped to his leg… Others have already gotten that; corn cutter. But how many have actually used one or know how they work?

  9. nick
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 8:07 am

    please post no URL – let others play.

  10. Polx
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 8:11 am

    I’s a leg from the 1970s judging from the pale denim flare and cowboy boot combo.

    wearing some sort of surgical caliper.

  11. Andrej
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 8:16 am

    This was obviously made for creating crop circles.

  12. Mel Phistopheles
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 8:19 am

    You people. Don’t you recognize this? Back when Hermes fought the Harpies, he took a bad hit to the leg, and lost one of the wings off of his feet. While it was re-growing, Vulcan (or was it Hephaestos?) fashioned him this keen prosthetic leg wing. Worked like a charm. Don’t you people read the news? Sheesh.
    Mel

  13. sirwebster
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 9:04 am

    hardcore spurs for a hardcore cowboy

  14. sirwebster
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 9:05 am

    part of the first “Iron-Man” suit?

  15. SoLo
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 9:26 am

    Strap-on control surface.

  16. CapnMarrrrk
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 9:31 am

    Human cock fighting spurs

  17. streetattack
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 9:33 am

    guess I am a tad late to guess but I agree that it is a wheat (crop) cutter…for people harvesting without a plow?

  18. k_sra
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    hope that’s not his left leg…

  19. batanga
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    It’s used to climb poles and trees.

  20. sleeper
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 10:00 am

    it’s a “leg blade” from “death race 1900″

  21. Tom
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 10:18 am

    It’s a man-plough, for those who can’t even afford a donkey or a wife, it’s the Man-Plough, from TomCo!

  22. Craig Clayton
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    I believe it is used to make briar thicket fence row hedges, it that you push down to half cut off the stock and bend it over.

  23. the real sam
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 11:10 am

    it’s for motorcyclists so they can stab people with their feet while they ride

  24. Mossel
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    “Strap-on control surface.”
    hahahaha! Nice one, SoLo! =]

  25. streetattack
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 11:36 am

    lets hope he does’t try to scratch an itch on his leg with his foot…I can’t even imaging the amount of self inflicted harm this could cause.

  26. Lindsey
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 11:55 am

    I believe it is a RonCo Ginsu Chopper. It slices, it dices, it makes vegetable chopping a fun family affair!

    But wait….there’s more…..

  27. Lana
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    It’s a cast iron corn cutter

  28. Howard
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    It’s a way to cheat at the NY Marathon.

  29. amanderpanderer
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Boot Saber

  30. tripleX
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    It’s a footrest for your right foot, so you can look really cool and relaxed on gardenparties.

  31. 6uold
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    Looks like something with which to cut hay or, rather, to trim hay bales. that’s my guess.

  32. 6uold
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    From Dave: “But how many have actually used one or know how they work?”

    You lie down on the ground. Then a fellow farm hand grabs you by both arms and swings you around in a circle while walking up and down the rows of corn. Ta da!

  33. Jimbo
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Let me guess, it’s a Merriam Cast Iron Corn Cutter. What did I win? :)

  34. tripleX
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    If a big farmer had a small wife she could climb him more easily during breaks on those warm days in the field.

  35. tripleX
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    Why so many lonely, unmarried sheepfarmers used it is a mystery. Why would you lock the hindlegs of a pretty sheep in place with such a device?

  36. Church
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    Well, yeah, it doesn’t make sense without the associated helmet and jetpack…

  37. Jennifer R
    Aug 28th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    Looks like the old-school cowboy version of a Brush Hog.

  38. JoDavid
    Aug 29th, 2008 at 1:03 am

    Finally… the truth behind square dancing and crop circles !!!

  39. Algonkin
    Aug 29th, 2008 at 8:13 am

    It’s a spur for sea horses :)

  40. lansing wedding photographer
    Oct 17th, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    just need a soccer ball and a kid size version and you can get the kids to do your work for you


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