What is it? Game 118

By Alex in What Is It on Dec 3, 2009 at 8:06 am

Hooray! It’s time for our weekly collaboration with the What Is It? Blog. Can you guess the purpose of this week’s object?

Place your guess in the comment section. One guess per comment, please, though you can enter as many as you’d like. Don’t put any URL or web links, mmkay? Doing so will forfeit your entry.

The first correct answer (posted before the answer is revealed at the What is it? Blog), as well as the funniest yet ultimately incorrect guess will win a free T-Shirt from the Neatorama Shop.

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

Update 12/5/09 – the answer is:A Mongolian Flint Fire Striker, it’s made from very high carbon tool steel, and throws a good hot spark. There is a compartment inside for holding flint or tinder. Congratulations to Bruno Cabral who got it right first and to Muppetmaker for the funny but wrong guess of Wizard of Oz scarecrow’s man purse.

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Padraig
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 8:11 am
An axeguard?
Elunen
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 8:15 am
head cover for a hatchet perhaps?
Jaz_Allen
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 8:37 am
Looks to me like a knife for removing pelts from animals, or something of that nature
Colt Seaver
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 8:41 am
ulu sheath
MosselKots
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:04 am
An inuit tool for scraping the blubber from seal hides
Tim Giachetti
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:12 am
halberd, for securing the sheath of a sword.
pwscott
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 am
Official mail pouch. :p
Professor
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 am
It’s Granny’s steampunk pot-holder!
claviclekiss
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:17 am
is it an old fashioned ice skate? maybe like the kind you attach you an existing shoe.

Why would a knife have flowers on it?
Gauldar
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:24 am
It’s a cheese cutter, which still carries its fragrant odour. That’s why it has flowers on it.
Ryan C
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:29 am
Type of cleaver to cut strips of dough to form pastries and other bread-related foods like pretzels.
Jared
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:30 am
An Alaskan knife for cutting food.
burninglily
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:32 am
Cheese, Gromet!
burninglily
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:33 am
It’s a knife sharpener.
burninglily
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:36 am
it’s a brand of some sort…
now with fashionable faux flowers.
hillary
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:40 am
a stylish man purse?
n.smith
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 am
Bag of holding, obvsly.
Joel
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:51 am
An ulu sheath
jp
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 am
A farriers tool for cleaning horses’ hooves.
sqroot443556
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 am
Old Timey Strap On Ice Skate?
Zanuha
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 am
It’s an old wallet for women.
mrweaver
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 10:24 am
Abe Lincoln’s coin purse
Spencer Pittman
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 10:28 am
A tobacco pouch.
Aric
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 10:29 am
Its a snuff bag or pouch to keep tobacco in.
Juliana
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 10:46 am
An axe cozy (?)
cheechman85
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 11:02 am
An ammo pouch.. for loading old muzzle loader type rifles.
Trick
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 11:29 am
A tobacco or snuff pouch.
Howloverly
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 11:47 am
an old dough cutter. =)
Naomi Williams
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
How about a wrist/forearm guard for falconing?
Bruno Cabral
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Tibetan lighter. They might be from the tibet/nepal region in general. In the pouch are pieces of flint that you strike against the blade to make a spark. Immune to moisture, cannot break.
ByrdBrain
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Comb Sheath. Anyone? Anyone?
Thomas Garten
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
It’s japanese, leather, part of armor or sheath, the flower is a chrysanthemum, which represents the emperor of Japan, probably early 1900′s during military buildup (I hope!)
Tbone
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
It’s a pastry knife!!!!
Muppetmaker
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
When the Scarecrow of OZ decides to do drag shows, this is his purse, where he keeps some extra straw to stuff the chest, a little bottle of deer urine musk to drive the men wild, and a can of pepper spray for when the cowardly lion gets a little too excited.
Laurent
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
A ice skates carrying bag…
Bobby the K
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
~

I think it’s made for scraping fat and tissue from pelts and hides.
Joe L.
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 2:33 pm
A tinder pouch with a built in steel for striking the flint.
Richard Evans
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I know, because I have one very similar to it: It’s primitive fire starting kit. The pouch contains tinder and the steel is struck against flint to produce sparks.

Mine came from Mongolia, a souvenir my wife brought back from a trip to China.
Phyllis
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
It’s to scrape the meat off the inside of leather – and/or scrape the hair off the outside.
Evlbunniears
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:26 pm
is it an old fashioned key-wallet?
MosselKots
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:40 pm
it’s one of Rudolf’s Ice-skates for when Santa crosses the pond.
cHauss513
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I saw this in the bathroom at the White House during a State Dinner about 10 years ago.

I was told it was Hillary Clinton’s personal shaver to get at and trim the dense undergrowth that Bill found so unappetizing.

Was a gift from some Russian porn site.
Christophe
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 3:56 pm
a medieval backscratcher.
ZenBlue
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
A Tiger Woods ball scraper… Well, it will be when his wife gets a hold of it.
cluggerbants
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 4:33 pm
It’s a goat ankle protector for when goats are proximity to rabbiting terriers.
Nimadar
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 5:43 pm
It’s a cover for your shotgun so the powder doesn’t get wet?
Jenn the Hen
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 5:50 pm
This is a strange guess but a form of a razor for women perhaps. The flowers on the leather part of the object makes me think that it was probably used by someone femine. Or perhaps if it is not it could be my lunch for I am feeling quite hungry.
fuzz579
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Is it a old case for glasses?
Sun
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 pm
A relic from days of carbon emissions!
kynkiez
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
ITS A WALLET!!!!! for gurls..LOL
kynkiez
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 11:23 pm
maybe its the thing u put on the horse back??? hmmm
Dave H
Dec 4th, 2009 at 12:56 am
It is Chaucer’s Zippo.

Possibly a flint and steel set. Flint and tinder go in the pouch. To start a fire place tinder on wood. strike flint along the curved edge of the iron piece. This will create the soarks to start a fire.
Dave H
Dec 4th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Um . . .SPARKS.
mci209
Dec 4th, 2009 at 2:17 am
It is a tobacco knife, It is used by the people when hand rolling cigars. They use it to trin the leaf as they roll.
MJoão
Dec 4th, 2009 at 4:59 am
A handy and stylish coin purse, perhaps?
Tricia Lynn
Dec 4th, 2009 at 9:42 am
It’s obviously an ipod touch and digital camera case. Even back then they needed a way to stop pickpockets (hence the blade). I can’t believe this is even an issue!
sandyra
Dec 4th, 2009 at 10:12 am
It looks like an etui case.
Ken Gammons
Dec 4th, 2009 at 11:44 am
It’s a old skinning knife…
Gauldar
Dec 4th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
It’s a scalp cleaner from the Victorian age, for removing the crud that builds up from wearing wigs too long. Because it has flowers on it means it was owned by a woman.
Sonny
Dec 4th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
It’s a ‘snatch-proof’ purse – the would-be snatcher loses his fingers past the middle knuckle. The model pictured has the optional blood-resistant finish.

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