What is it? Game 93

1. graymccarty
   March 12th, 2009 at 8:25 am

   Used to hold a horse's leg still while affixing a horseshoe

2. Kevin S
   March 12th, 2009 at 8:27 am

   19th century cock ring? They were girthier back then.

3. QuarterRoy00
   March 12th, 2009 at 8:38 am

   A pyromaniac's magnifying glass?

   (safety first)

4. jmjrdrave
   March 12th, 2009 at 8:45 am

   holder for a crucible in a forge or chem lab

5. bl0ss0m
   March 12th, 2009 at 8:46 am

   It looks a lot like a US spherical shot/shell artillery gauge

6. Paula
   March 12th, 2009 at 8:49 am

   It's definitely something you heat and then use to mark, old artifact use in the kitchen to torch creme brulee before the portable torch was invented!

7. LisaL
   March 12th, 2009 at 8:52 am

   Looks like a peg to hold something securely closed.. like a gate or something. Don't think that's right since it's wooden though?

8. Margaret
   March 12th, 2009 at 8:53 am

   its a rollock used to hold your oars in a dinghy

9. graf
   March 12th, 2009 at 9:02 am

   used in ancient basketball..

10. jonathan
    March 12th, 2009 at 9:04 am

    it's a girth measurement device once used by ancient Greeks on the Isle of Phallus.

11. ais
    March 12th, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Charcoal starter?

12. quallianmaghoun
    March 12th, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Antique witch finder. You hold it up to your eye, and you'll be able to spot the witch in the crowd.

    Quite ingenious actually. Once the lens had fallen out (as with this example) it could still be used as a witch finder. You simply apply the finder firmly to the posterior (i.e. "smack them in the bum with the metal bit") until they say "I'm a Witch! I'm a Witch!"

13. English Guy
    March 12th, 2009 at 9:21 am

    A passing token used upon single-line bidirectional-travel railway tracks. The hoop is picked up by the driver from a signal box (easy to collect on an arm) and handed over at another signal box at the end of the single-track section. This is probably from England's days of steam-driven locomotives.
    EG.

14. squ1nt
    March 12th, 2009 at 9:32 am

    glass blowing tool?

15. maggie
    March 12th, 2009 at 9:40 am

    tongue scraper for a hippopotamus.

16. gtstiggy
    March 12th, 2009 at 9:55 am

    a giant's bubble blower

17. gtstiggy
    March 12th, 2009 at 9:55 am

    an idiot's butterfly net

18. AnnaBanana
    March 12th, 2009 at 10:10 am

    A rug beater?

19. A Noun
    March 12th, 2009 at 10:10 am

    @graymccarty -- when affixing a horseshoe, you hold a horse's foot between your knees.

20. Randall
    March 12th, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Used as a rug beater for years this artifact was adiscovered to have been stolen from the tomb of Kutchetechtun. The pharoah Tuts personal animal handler. Pictographs of found in the tomb disply that this was a tool used in the circumcism of Elephants.

21. Steve Anthony
    March 12th, 2009 at 10:30 am

    It's a removable insert to fasten an oar a boat while in use - otherwise known as a rowlock - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowlock

22. hezzawezza
    March 12th, 2009 at 10:44 am

    A branding iron?

23. rosefish
    March 12th, 2009 at 10:53 am

    bubble maker. of course!

24. Cadillac_S
    March 12th, 2009 at 11:07 am

    I have an antique bottle opener that looks exactly like that, so that's what I'll say it is.

25. AJ
    March 12th, 2009 at 11:28 am

    It's a Toddler Tug. Pass the loop through your child's arm and cinch it up at his armpit. No more leaning down to yank young Caleb by the elbow. Just grab his handle. Those Puritans sure knew how to raise kids.

26. rowbert79
    March 12th, 2009 at 11:31 am

    it's the tool that inspired the "topsy-tail" -- facilitates various ponytail-inspired hairstyles.

27. Miss Cellania
    March 12th, 2009 at 11:49 am

    Oh, that's an instrument of torture. Anyone can see that!

28. stupidlogicman
    March 12th, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    A device for removing a horseshoe

29. Sorcerer Mickey
    March 12th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    It's a hand held lightning rod.

30. someoneowned
    March 12th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    It is a bedding or a sheet warmer. It was kept in a container that would be placed in the fireplace. When it was warm it would be passed over the sheets and under the blankets to warm the sheets on cold nights.

31. Tom2
    March 12th, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    A Polish tennis racket.

32. Johnny Cat
    March 12th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    It's Magic Mirror from Romper Room! I see Lisa and Kevin and AJ and Miss C...

33. Gail Pink
    March 12th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    Hey Steve Anthony- can you READ? It clearly says, "Post no URLs." Dork.

34. Brainybrandon
    March 12th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    This is a safety magnifying glass. No glass, just dip in soapy water to trap a bubble lens across the aperture. Inspect your stamps or light your fire, shake off and put it away in your pocket.

35. rosefish
    March 12th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    it's a very, VERY ineffective spoon.

36. ZenBlue
    March 12th, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    Blacksmith tool

37. Mr. Mike
    March 12th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    High Voltage fuzzing ring. Used to see if electric lines are energized

38. Nymori
    March 12th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Used in ice cream shops, an instrument such as the one pictured is used to set a cone in whilst the server prepares the ice cream, grabs toppings, ect. Quite useful for those pointy-ended waffle cones, actually.

39. jocelyn77
    March 12th, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    Looks like a rug beater.

40. aging hipster
    March 12th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Turn of the century stencil. This one is an O.

41. Kelly
    March 12th, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    For holding a separatory funnel or something of the like in a chemistry lab

42. Wok
    March 12th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    I say a rope-making implement.

43. Derek
    March 12th, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    Tool from one of those "don't touch the rotating spiral!" carnival games!

44. Shish
    March 12th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    I'm with #13, passing token for single-track railway lines.

45. Susie
    March 12th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    A medical device for really big boils or carbuncles

46. Craig
    March 12th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    It's a metal ring with a wooden handle.

47. LisaL
    March 12th, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    Lol Craig.

    Has anyone gotten it yet?
    I'll guess again.... uuuhm...
    Looks like maybe a shoe horn?
    The wood looks kinda flat *shrugs*

48. Occams Beard
    March 13th, 2009 at 12:22 am

    Crimper for castrating livestock.

49. Ashley
    March 13th, 2009 at 2:03 am

    Looks like one of those carnival rings where you have to pass it over a winding piece of metal without touching it.

50. Oomi
    March 13th, 2009 at 2:40 am

    Winding key

51. Dusto
    March 13th, 2009 at 3:07 am

    1st gen bubble blower.

52. Prabal
    March 13th, 2009 at 3:22 am

    It's a kind of lock used for inter-locking two train wagons.

53. Dusto
    March 13th, 2009 at 4:04 am

    It's a ringer! You ring your clothes through it.

54. Dusto
    March 13th, 2009 at 4:08 am

    A pestle... part of a mortar and pestle...

    It is easier to grind wheat to grain?

55. Ajan
    March 13th, 2009 at 5:56 am

    a big bubble blower or probably a big round brick maker

56. smiff
    March 13th, 2009 at 8:30 am

    I don't know what its called, but I think it was used to size cannonballs.

57. Foreigner1
    March 13th, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Very early model fly-swatter...?

58. Brainy Brandon
    March 13th, 2009 at 11:05 am

    I'm taking another guess. Could this be a tennis ball sizer? If the ball fits through the hole it's no good for Wimbledon. The wooden handle could also be used to prod to check firmness.

59. Scott-O
    March 13th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    It is the tool my ex-wife's lawyer used to rip out my soul.

60. Scott-O
    March 13th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    No! Wait! The cork from Ted Kennedy's first bottle!

61. Anth
    March 13th, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    It's a cannon ball sizer from the Revolutionary thru Civil War Era.

62. Cameron Rudolph
    March 13th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    It's used to hold test tubes
    (over a flame) or to pick up test tubes like out of a boiling solution

63. xultar
    March 13th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    I don't know what it is...but I do know that Madoff was fitted with one for prison yesterday.

64. Vicki
    March 13th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    It's for carrying containers of hot molten metal.

65. Vicki
    March 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    For carrying a giant test tube full of urine from bathroom to lab.

66. Vicki
    March 13th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    It's a tool for smashing ostrich eggs.

67. Vicki
    March 13th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    It used to be used for holding a baby bottle of milk over a flame to be warmed.

68. Vicki
    March 13th, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    In ancient times this device was used to bean errant husbands.

69. Alex
    March 13th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

    Ooh, great guesses, guys - bl0ss0m #5 was close, but Anth #61 got it exactly right, so congrats!

70. alan
    March 14th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    Well, I think you're both wrong.

    It's Edison's first filament.

71. bl0ss0m
    March 16th, 2009 at 6:49 am

    Hey!A cannon ball is a spherical shot/shell! Ah well - next time I suppose...Congrats Anth!

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