What Is It? Game 104

By Alex in What Is It on Jul 9, 2009 at 8:16 am

w00t! It’s time for this week’s collaboration with the always fascinating What is it? Blog. Can you guess what the strange object above is for?

Place your guess in the comment section – no prize this week, so you’re playing for fame and glory (and fun, of course). Be sure to check the What is it? Blog for more clues! Good luck!

Update 7/10/09 – the answer is: A stifle or patten horseshoe, when a horse injures the stifle joint, they put one of these shoes on the opposite leg of the injured one so the horse will put weight on the hurt leg so it will not be further damaged. Congratulations to Jess who got it right, though I must say that I love Jared’s horsestiletto idea!

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Britt
Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Some sort of horse shoe press/guide?
Hezzawezza
Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:28 am
A branding iron?
Jared
Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:30 am
A horsestiletto, for the stylish filly who enjoys a night on the town.
Craig
Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:30 am
The horseshoe shape makes me think it must have something to do with horseshoes, but that’s all I’ve got.
R2K
Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Horse shoe for use in the snow I would guess.
Sus
Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Is it for moving dead horses? You attach the modified horseshoes to an upside-down horse, then thread a rope through the cage section and hey presto – a much more portable dead horse.
vdub
Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Definitely a horseshoe casting template. They use this to make an impression in packed sand leaving a void that will then be filled with molten metal– thus a horse shoe is born! … I think.
Jay
Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:06 am
It is a horseshoe clamp for binding to a larger horseshoe on the hoof of the horse, the top clamp keeps the horseshoe from being pulled off in heavy mud.
ChuckBlack
Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:11 am
It’s a ‘sizer’! Hold it up to the horses foot to see if that’s the size of shoe required.
Kathryn
Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:23 am
It’s a horseshoe for the snow. The cage like part is for traction. If you aren’t careful, horses get snowballs in their feet in the winter time. It’s quite dangerous, as they slip and slide around!
Foreigner1
Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:26 am
It’s a false-track-maker.
I use one daily to mislead all those who follow me when I go to work- They all think a large horse goes there, while in fact it is little me with my size 8.5 human feet…
jaxmickey
Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:29 am
It’s what the “visiting” team receives in a game of horseshoes!
Miss Cellania
Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Well, it COULD be an instrument of torture.
Willjp
Jul 9th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Or it could be the template they use when heated to burn a recession into the virgin nail-bed of a hose hoof so that the shoe fits securely to the foot.
Jess
Jul 9th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Perhaps some sort of horse shoe that is designed for injured horses so that they keep their weight off an injured leg?
ryn
Jul 9th, 2009 at 10:51 am
is it a hoseshoe made to aerate and turn over soil?
star4578
Jul 9th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Ankle weights for a horse.
prof
Jul 9th, 2009 at 11:14 am
A boot puller. Used to remove cowboy boots at the end of the day.
Per
Jul 9th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
It looks like a form of horseshoe, but I don’t think it is for snow or mud (imagine what would happen when they step on more solid ground). Probably not for aerating soil either. But it could be a horseshoe for an injured leg, so the horse will keep the weight off that leg.
Mitch
Jul 9th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
When a horse’s tail is combed and fixed up for showing,
this is strapped on over the base of the tail to keep the
horse from rubbing it against things and messing it up.
Skipweasel
Jul 9th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Item 1666, the pocket knife thing – that blade is a thing for getting Boy Scouts of out Girl Guide tents.
Morphkid03
Jul 9th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Looks to me like it’s a bridle rack created from an old horseshoe.
The Manticore
Jul 9th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I’d say it’s what they heat up to hot fit a horseshoe. they use that to burn the impression of the horseshoe, because they don’t want to use the shoe they’ll be leaving on because it would get seared hoof bits on it.
Frau
Jul 9th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
That is not any type of farrier tool.
It actually looks like a door opener.
You attach the hoof side at the bottom of a door. the “cage” part is what you hook the tip of your boot into, and pull with your foot. This way you can open doors without using your hands, or if your hands are full.
Galadriel
Jul 9th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Willjp and Manticore–When “burning” the hoof with a hot shoe, they do use the one that has been shaped and fitted to the hoof, and which will shortly be nailed to it.

Horseshoes are made into all kinds of decorative fixtures. Generally new horseshoes are used for this, and then coated with rust preventative of various kinds. They’re used as coat hooks, wine racks, gun racks, paper towel holders, and so on. It looks like this is in that general category, but my best guess for the actual use of the thing is “torch holder.”
ChrisD
Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
It’s a doorstop. The added metal straps hold against the door while the ends of the shoe are wedged under the door. Right? Am I right? Did I win?
Lynn
Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
This is a homemade single hat rack.
ted
Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
It’s the first What Is It that didn’t remind me somehow of a dildo.
Rin
Jul 9th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
It’s the metal insert for a fireman’s hat. The front bit is missing.
Christophe
Jul 9th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
horseshoe for a horse with a leg shorter than the other.
Gambit
Jul 9th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
incomplete prosthetic nose. can be used for humans or horses.
required
Jul 10th, 2009 at 12:22 am
hat rest
Mambo
Jul 10th, 2009 at 12:30 am
wow, funky egg holder.obviously a prototype.
Olesja
Jul 10th, 2009 at 3:24 am
It’s a bridle holder/hook, to be attached to the wall by the horse shoe nail holes.
nenen
Jul 10th, 2009 at 7:17 am
training shoes for ponies
Jared
Jul 10th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Could be a hitch, for tying a horse to.
Randall
Jul 10th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Its a shogle. Wyoming cowboys affix thewm to more nimble beeves so that they may graze on hillsides too steep for unshogled animals. This led to the the term ‘shogle-footed’ for describing successful social climbers. At least among Wyoming cowboys.
Alex
Jul 11th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Horsestiletto! Hahahahaha!
Iago
Jul 12th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Horseshoe that slips on like a shoe.
Lynn
Jul 12th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Try this: Bring up Google, type in “patten horseshoe”, then hit enter. Within the first 3 results, and just below ‘What Is It – Neatorama’, you will find a link “Horseshoe Museum”. http://www.horseshoemuseum.com/Therapeutic/Patten.htm
Click on it and you will find pictures of an actual patten horseshoe. Now, all you good people, tell me again that the object is a patten horseshoe. The object in question is a homemade hat rack, made to hang one hat. Good golly people, get a grip on reality.

Now, how do I know this? Because I had one just like it. My uncle made it for me in 1966.

BTW, even the description of the purpose is incorrect. The purpose is to make the injured leg ‘NON WEIGHT BEARING’. Doh.
Professor
Oct 12th, 2009 at 6:51 am
It’s a “protective cup” used by rodeo clowns….. those bulls kick pretty hard!

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