Our collaboration with the What is it? Blog brings us this strange (and gruesome-looking) object. Do you know what it is for? Does it have anything to do with vampires?
Place your guess in the comment section. Please post no URL / web link - let others play. No prize this week - you're playing for bragging rights only.
For more clues, check out the What is it? blog. Good luck!
Update 4/10/09 - the answer is: Long's 1911 New Era Rope Spreader, or rope needle, it was used with a rope machine by sliding it along the length of the strands to force the formation of a tight and constant spiral, patent number 998,360. Congratulations to zander who got it right!
Long's 1911 New Era Rope Needle
For more info, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlinspike
Duhhh- ...Jééz incredible that nobody recognises that this is the frame of a very early Type 65C-Faserdisruptor from the early Atlantians.
No no! That requires the blade to be silver, this is clearly cold iron. I'm telling you, it's required to exterminate that man bear pig!
'tis a rope needle indeed.
Chandler Jarrell.