What is it? Game 81

Is it a fire poker? AKA stoker?

I'm never good at these. I'll say a pitchfork for olives.

Something to pick up or move logs...or something similar to logs

It's a broken trident.

looks like a fish-spear

Something to move logs/branches in a lumber mill context?

it is a hide hook for hanging skins at a tannery....obviously.

clearly it is a tool for bothering cute babies and small animals

It's for feeding goats, so they don't accidently eat the metal part too.

It is used in logging...and as a marital aid.

hmmm, it looks like a musket holder.

This is Norwegian shepards Husker Gudak, or calling fork. Norway is a rugged land and normal dogs cannot cope with running up and down hills to gather sheep. A specail breed, the Norwegian Furduu, was bred and had one set of legs shorter than the other to cope with the steep hills. Its ears also wear offset, one being stronger than the other, so when called, they tended to run in circles. However, it was found that they could not hear some tones on both ears and when they were called using this fork, struck with the traditional elk horn hammer, they would gather the sheep straight away. Incidently, its carried on a twenty-five foot staff which caused many deaths when Norway hung their first power lines.

@Markos - You mean like a mount for an arquebus?

I'd lean toward log roller myself. Some assumptions are made as to its size based on the photo. It doesn't seem to be much wider than 8 inches. Seems about right for a glorified fire poker.

It's a old law enforcement tool for pinning prisoners necks to a wall/the ground. The middle spike discouraged struggling.

King Trident's sons trident?

It is use for rolling logs around in a fire pit, oven, or fireplace.

Duh, it's obviously a noodle stretcher/twirler used in the creation of noodles! Italian, not Chinese.

Yeah, Jimbo, that's what I'd use it for. Or maybe a backscratcher.

Why did you always put torturing tools here?

Vintage metal Salvador Dali mustache on a stick.

It's a tool for moving logs around in a fireplace or bonfire.

Is it a prostate checker? Well, that's what the doctor told me it was....

It's a sasumata, a Japanese police pole.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasumata

I'm not sure what is was designed for, but I bet you could torture someone with it.

It's probably related to the sai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_(weapon)).

Hand tool for moving wheat and/or hay.

I don't know if I can guess twice... but since there is no prize and nobody has suggested it; Is this a tool used to take off your boots?

it is a power line pole designed to allow line workers to move a powerline without getting electrocuted, note the wood handle.

Is it an old-fashioned cattle prod?

It's used for moving logs around in a log flume (on water).

It's a medieval torture device. Used to "catch" witches or criminals.

Yes its a torturing device, but specifically used on those suspected of witchcraft... don't want to touch those pesky witches.

it's used to pry horseshoes off a horses hoof

jason, I would hope you don't pull of the hoof, just the shoe!!

Ouch...

It's a peavey. It was used by log-drivers to manipulate logs floating down the river.

it's a chocolate swiss army candleabre. on a stick.

its a medieval tool used for roasting marshmellows over fires :)

it is a device for rotating/turning hay or wheat

Possible a "show stick", which I just read of in the late David Foster Wallace's books of essay's? Used to prod cattle, swine, horses on show at (in this case) state fairs.

ok, I take it back, I am leaning towards the log roller/lumber mill context....tho it seems kinda small.

It's most definitely a log tool. It's used to push and hook logs into place.

It is a frog gigger.

Its an oarlock

It's a whaling tool. Along with a flensing knife it's part of a dead whale carving set.

I think its a tedder for haymaking.

Definitely a fish spear.

Fish spear

Anyone wonder why there are a lot of "medieval torture devices" posted to the "what is it game"?

Or why so many readers guess "medieval torture device"?

It's for moving sheaves of wheat and/or hay.

It is a neck pinning device used on slaves and prisoners.

One wonders how often slaves/prisoners were pinned to the ground that a special tool was created just for the job.

Log pick. Primarly used to cull logs floating in a flume or on a conveyer.