Comments on: What Is It? Game 109

By: Emilio 1970

Emilio 1970 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:22:56 +0000

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

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:13:17 +0000

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

By: schm3cky

schm3cky — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:28:04 +0000

this tool is called a “wheelie-bob”.
it’s used for moving large wheels of cheese.

By: Chris Patterson

Chris Patterson — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:12:22 +0000

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

By: Dave_Dave

Dave_Dave — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:49:51 +0000

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

By: john weeks

john weeks — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:35:13 +0000

for managing peat as it is cut from the bog.

By: Ryan T

Ryan T — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:14:17 +0000

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

By: Andrew Wolf

Andrew Wolf — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:16:07 +0000

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

By: Randall

Randall — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:50:11 +0000

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.

By: Tiannie

Tiannie — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:58:56 +0000

Really old wine bottle opener!

By: wkb

wkb — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:39:55 +0000

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

By: Caleb H

Caleb H — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:38:07 +0000

My best guess is a medieval kidney stone extractor.

By: cheechman85

cheechman85 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:40:28 +0000

It is an auger for making golf hole.

By: Josh H

Josh H — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:53:05 +0000

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

By: Gabriel L

Gabriel L — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:51:07 +0000

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

By: Jezebel

Jezebel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:50:46 +0000

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

By: Jen G

Jen G — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:19:48 +0000

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

By: John Rinaldi

John Rinaldi — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:28:25 +0000

What you have there is a vintage garden weasel.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:03:39 +0000

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.

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:56:08 +0000

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

By: Cakes4hire

Cakes4hire — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:37:50 +0000

It looks like an old fashioned garden tiller.

By: marvolosriddle

marvolosriddle — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:33:59 +0000

It’s a Garden Weasel!!

By: Cori

Cori — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:16:59 +0000

A post hole digger.

By: Meganf

Meganf — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:13:51 +0000

something for cultivating the ground

By: o0st0ned0o

o0st0ned0o — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:26:08 +0000

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

By: Arnold

Arnold — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:23:04 +0000

It’s a tool to extract earthed posts !

By: najyar

najyar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:00:29 +0000

Corkscrew

By: Alisha

Alisha — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:19:42 +0000

It’s the de-constipator, if you dare.

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:02:05 +0000

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

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:46:03 +0000

Soil tiller

By: ewb

ewb — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:38:52 +0000

Peanut plant harvester/puller.

By: Felis

Felis — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:37:28 +0000

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…

By: slim22

slim22 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:07:58 +0000

It’s a tree root extractor.

By: USMCEE

USMCEE — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:54:22 +0000

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

By: iberg

iberg — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:53:32 +0000

Is it for lifting man-hole covers?

By: Orion

Orion — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:21:44 +0000

Ask Dick Cheney.

By: Ryan Lanham

Ryan Lanham — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:19:33 +0000

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

By: monstermash

monstermash — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:01:09 +0000

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

By: gardengeekette

gardengeekette — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:00:23 +0000

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

By: tedbarker

tedbarker — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:55:17 +0000

Hay picker-upper!

By: isabel

isabel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:43:51 +0000

an ice auger…

By: MinkStaccato

MinkStaccato — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:43:06 +0000

Worst… ear cleaner… ever…!

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:36:45 +0000

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

By: BurgerChimp

BurgerChimp — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:34:29 +0000

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

By: stnmn

stnmn — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:33:52 +0000

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

By: Tavataar

Tavataar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:30:34 +0000

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

By: sybann

sybann — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:27:59 +0000

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

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:27:25 +0000

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.

By: SydneyClaire

SydneyClaire — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:26:25 +0000

Looks like it would be great for pulling weeds.

By: kumash

kumash — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:21:23 +0000

A medieval can opener!