Oh, hey, it's no skin off my nose. My memory has more holes in it than Albert Hall so I may be thinking of somewhere else that I saw this. I just love that cat.
Hasn't this one already been featured on Neatorama? Not that I'm complaining - it's so neat it can stand to be on twice. Plus, it's a nice looking cat.
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.
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...
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.
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
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So let's try something else : trepanation medical instrument?
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.
More often though, the srtillarist would just yell 'WHAT?' feigning momentary deafness, and pull the trigger lever.
it's used for moving large wheels of cheese.
In which museum could I found other tool like it?