What Is It? Game 109

1. Taylor
   September 3rd, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   This looks like a compost aerator to me!

2. CJ
   September 3rd, 2009 at 12:05 pm

   Looks to me like an auger, for airating soil.

3. JocelynW
   September 3rd, 2009 at 12:05 pm

   This is an ice pick for lifting large chunks of ice, as would be used in an old-fashioned icebox.

4. SimonSays
   September 3rd, 2009 at 12:10 pm

   I guess it's something used to make a hole in the frozen surface of a lake.

5. Mike D
   September 3rd, 2009 at 12:14 pm

   The first incarnation of the Awesome Auger before they went back to the drawing board

6. Doc
   September 3rd, 2009 at 12:18 pm

   In the early 1900's this tool was used by large animal vet's (elephant) to handle excessive cheese consumption.

7. Lila
   September 3rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm

   I think it's something used to plow soil.

8. iberg
   September 3rd, 2009 at 12:22 pm

   It looks like a bung hole (wine barrel) puller to me.

9. Tim collins
   September 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 pm

   Simple - it's a branding iron for Princes unpronounceable name.

10. avalchfan
    September 3rd, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    Looks like a Sugar Devil used to loosen stuck sugar or fruit in a barrel. Have a link, but I seem to remember we aren't supposed to post links yet..

11. Omir the Storyteller
    September 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    Looks to me like a post hole digger. You screw it into the ground by turning the handle, then pull up on it to get perfect post holes every time.

12. mindy peek
    September 3rd, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    It's for turning and releasing hay bound up in hay bales.

13. Christophe
    September 3rd, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    I'm with SimonSays.

    So let's try something else : trepanation medical instrument?

14. its me
    September 3rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    Ummm.. a corkscrew?

15. jwilborn
    September 3rd, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Ear wax removal tool for the elderly.

16. mallory
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    It looks to me like a garden or field tiller.

17. Matthew
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    It removes a cork from a barrel.

18. Matthew
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Or it is an old fashioned cork remover for a wine bottle

19. Craig
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    OH GOD PLEASE NO I'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT JUST KEEP THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!!!

20. Darksider
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    its used to clear the ice from holes while your ice fishing.

21. itchy201
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    It is used to retrieve hay from hay bales

22. kumash
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    A medieval can opener!

23. Sybil S.
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    I was in Sicily once and it looks like something that they used to harvest salt in the salt flats...

24. SydneyClaire
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    Looks like it would be great for pulling weeds.

25. Skipweasel
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    It's a thing for getting Boy Scouts out of Girl Guide tents.

    These days they're part of the Scout Master's penknife, but this was from the Good Old Days when men were men, boys were boys and Girl Guides had strong thighs and wouldn't let go.

26. sybann
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    I am pretty sure Mindy's a winner - it's for unravelling them big round hay bales!

27. Tavataar
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    One of the first wood drills. Used to drill out holes for pegging boards or logs together.

28. stnmn
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    got it! it's a Hemorrhoid extractor for rhinoceri.

29. BurgerChimp
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    It is a hay bay handle. You screw it into a hay bale, and then you can easily pick it up and carry it.

30. Miss Cellania
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    As Craig (#19) has so vividly illustrated, this is an instrument of torture.

31. MinkStaccato
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    Worst... ear cleaner... ever...!

32. isabel
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    an ice auger...

33. tedbarker
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Hay picker-upper!

34. gardengeekette
    September 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    tool to dig into ice to make post holes for ice-fishing shelters

35. monstermash
    September 3rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    It's for loosening up the roots of weeds so they can be pulled out entirely.

36. Ryan Lanham
    September 3rd, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    Yes, it is a tool for the ice wagon man who loads ice into your icebox...circa 1925.

37. Orion
    September 3rd, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    Ask Dick Cheney.

38. iberg
    September 3rd, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    Is it for lifting man-hole covers?

39. USMCEE
    September 3rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    I believe it is a farm implement used for picking up bales of hay.

40. slim22
    September 3rd, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    It's a tree root extractor.

41. Felis
    September 3rd, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    My guess it's a device for cutting into people's skulls (trepanation, I think its called). They used to do this in ancient Egypt and sometimes in the middle ages to cure people from mental illnesses...

42. ewb
    September 3rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Peanut plant harvester/puller.

43. Ashley
    September 3rd, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    Soil tiller

44. Jess
    September 3rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    it's used in gardening to aerate the dirt before planting seeds.

45. Alisha
    September 3rd, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    It's the de-constipator, if you dare.

46. najyar
    September 3rd, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    Corkscrew

47. Arnold
    September 3rd, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    It's a tool to extract earthed posts !

48. o0st0ned0o
    September 3rd, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    Its a very large corkscrew for huge bottles or barrels of alcohol.

49. Meganf
    September 3rd, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    something for cultivating the ground

50. Cori
    September 3rd, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    A post hole digger.

51. marvolosriddle
    September 3rd, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    It's a Garden Weasel!!

52. Cakes4hire
    September 3rd, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    It looks like an old fashioned garden tiller.

53. Charlie (Colorado)
    September 3rd, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    I think Jocelyn has it, except it was used for lifting ice blocks when you took them in at ice-cutting time.

54. Ethan
    September 3rd, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    I believe as gruesome as it may sound that device is a tooth extractor. I am so glad I did not live back in the 18th century.

55. John Rinaldi
    September 3rd, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    What you have there is a vintage garden weasel.

56. Jen G
    September 3rd, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    A hole borer, for the boring of holes. In the making them sense.

57. Jezebel
    September 3rd, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    A shame I got to it so late! Right off the bat I can tell you- Looks like an auger to me!

58. Gabriel L
    September 3rd, 2009 at 10:51 pm

    It's a soil aerator, to unearth and mix soil to keep it fresh and loose, for gardening.

59. Josh H
    September 4th, 2009 at 2:53 am

    It's for creating a hole in soil in order to plant trees/shrubs.

60. cheechman85
    September 4th, 2009 at 7:40 am

    It is an auger for making golf hole.

61. Caleb H
    September 4th, 2009 at 8:38 am

    My best guess is a medieval kidney stone extractor.

62. wkb
    September 4th, 2009 at 8:39 am

    It's used to lift bales of hay up into a barn loft.

63. Tiannie
    September 4th, 2009 at 8:58 am

    Really old wine bottle opener!

64. Randall
    September 4th, 2009 at 9:50 am

    This is a betchel key. Before the popularity of gunpowder in the military field, torsion spring siege devices were very popular. However, on rare occasions peace would break out just as medievel artillarists were prepared to fire. What to do? Its very difficult to unload a cocked trebuchet. This device solved the proble. you simply inserted it in the paul socket and slowqly unwound the torsion arm.

    More often though, the srtillarist would just yell 'WHAT?' feigning momentary deafness, and pull the trigger lever.

65. Andrew Wolf
    September 4th, 2009 at 10:16 am

    I think its a deearor I think I spelled that wrong but after you kill a deer you insert that into the anus and twist so you can pull out the intestines and feces without having to worry about nicking while butchering the animal

66. Ryan T
    September 4th, 2009 at 11:14 am

    I believe it is an lawn aerator, probably from the 19th century.

67. john weeks
    September 4th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    for managing peat as it is cut from the bog.

68. Dave_Dave
    September 4th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    It's for the removal of gun wadding in antique muzzle-loading weapons.

69. Chris Patterson
    September 4th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    Bah - a few posts too late. cheechman85 is almost-certainly correct, that this is an auger for creating golf holes.

70. schm3cky
    September 8th, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    this tool is called a "wheelie-bob".
    it's used for moving large wheels of cheese.

71. Vicki
    September 11th, 2009 at 2:13 pm

    It is a device used to lift and maneuver railroad ties.

72. Emilio 1970
    September 29th, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    It seems a skull trepanation surgical tool.
    In which museum could I found other tool like it?

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