What is It? game 262

W00t! It's time for another collaboration with the always-excellent What Is It? Blog. Can you guess what this strange object is used for?

Place your guess in the comment section. One guess per comment, though you can enter as many guesses as you'd like. Please do not post any web link or URL - doing so will void your entry. You have until the answer is revealed on the What Is It? Blog tomorrow.

Two prizes: the first correct guess and the funniest yet wrong one will win a T-Shirt from the NeatoShop.

IMPORTANT: Please write your prize selection alongside your guess, so visit the NeatoShop and take a look around. If you don't write your prize selection, then you don't get the prize. I think you'll like the selection of funny t-shirts and science t-shirts -or even t-shirts of your favorite blogs and websites.

For more mystery items, go to What Is It? Blog. Good luck!

Update: the object is a saw toothed fireplace trammel for hanging pots over a fireplace from various heights. Read more about it at the What Is It? blog. The first to guess correctly was Edward Krakowiak, who wins a t-shirt from the NeatoShop! The funniest answer was from stephensmg, who said: "While scissors may not have been the best choice for Edward, The Inventor’s first choice was much worse." That's also good for a t-shirt! Thanks to everyone who played along this week, and watch this space for another What Is It? game!


Granddad had one of these hanging in his tool-shed. He said it was the only tool known to man that could actually scratch Grandma's Christmas cake!
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The "first draft" for a Winkie spear in the Wizard of Oz. Go ahead, Google "winkie spear." You'll see what I'm talkin' about. :)
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This was an early prototype for part of a spinning hazard on Wipeout. It was eventually eliminated because the contestants' excessive bleeding caused the water to be too red.

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It's the proboscis of the mosquitoes in Minnesota that bite you in the hind end when you aren't looking. Shown actual size.

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An antique Swedish fretwork saw, for embellishing cottages in the alpine mountains. This looks like a fairly basic model.

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I think that it's part of an old balance/scale tool that would have been used in a general store to weigh out whatever it was that was being purchased. The notches are not a saw; they would have been used to set the leverage of the weight hanging off the end of the arm (device shown). The way it functions is very similar to that of the arm/lever in a balance scale typically seen in a doctor's office.
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I think that the proper name for this item is a Trammel Jack, and appears to be missing a part or two. It was used in the cooking process, and was not limited to the fireplace, but also used over an open fire

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While scissors may not have been the best choice for Edward, The Inventor’s first choice was much worse.

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"Doh!", (slaps forehead), "It's a pot hanger!" Which means something entirely different now that pot has been legalized in the State of Washington.

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