MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Not a knob Cathy but you have got one aspect of it exactly right and it's an important point, it's well used. I'd add stained as well. Here's a big clue for you, it's made of ivory. (It's legal because it is antique....)

[Cathy]

Could it be a Pestle?

[Stanley]

Sorry Cathy but no......

[Tripps]

A billiard ball ?

[Stanley]

Yes! Well done David. It's a very old discoloured ivory billiard ball.
Now we need another object.....

[Stanley]

Yes it's a pocket knife but it has a name. What is it? Each blade has a use, any idea what they are for?

[Stanley]

No takers?

[Steeplejerk]

Is it a smokers knife ??

[Stanley]

No Tom but you are on the right track. Try a profession.....

[Steeplejerk]

I think I remember what it is it's been on before

[Stanley]

It has Tom. Let's see if anyone else can remember.

[Tizer]

A special knife for anglers?

[Stanley]

Again, on the right track Peter but not correct. I think you'd better have a stab at it Tom!

[Big Kev]

Stockman's knife, one blade is general purpose, one for castration and one for trimming sheep feet?

[Stanley]

Exactly right, Kev has it! Now we need another object!

[Stanley]

Yes, it's a vertical steam boiler set up in the open air. Can you tell me why?

[Stanley]

No takers?

[Wendyf]

I vaguely remember seeing this one before, are they working on a borehole?

[Stanley]

Well remembered Wendy.... Yes, it's Newton at the site of a steam drill drilling a borehole on a farm in the 1940s.
Now we need a new object!

[Stanley]

What colloquial name is used in the US for a hobo encampment like this one at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1984?

[Stanley]

There's a deathly hush..... I'll kill it shortly if there are no offers. I did this pic in the 1980s in NY but the great time for these encampments was in the Depression days of the 1930s.

[Stanley]

You're not biting...... I shall kill it at dinnertime...

[Big Kev]

Hooverville?

[Stanley]

Yes Kev, well remembered..... Now we need another object.....

[Stanley]

What is it?
(I don't know but luckily the bloke who posted it is still with us! Looks like an old dredger perhaps?)