MYSTERY OBJECTS

[plaques]

A bit of fun really. What two bits of equipment that have no apparent functional use with the job in hand in Stanley's 'Shed Matters' that appear in a Hitchcock like manner in each series of photo's. Stanley is only allowed to confirm that the answer given is correct.

[PanBiker]

Pipe and Zippo

[chinatyke]

Pipe and pot of tea (and Zippo).
Essential items!

[Marilyn]

....and occasionally I have seen glimpses of his dog...

[Stanley]

I like that! And yes, that must be the right answer, pipe, Zippo and pot of tea. My shed can't run without them....



The usual subjects as I write this reply. Question is, what's special about the silver Zippo in the foreground?

[Marilyn]

Home -made?
It doesn't have Australia, a boomerang or a koala on it

[Stanley]

Well spotted Maz but there is a more specific answer.

[Stanley]

Come on you lot!

[LizG]

It has no branding? I was going for Home-made but then I saw that Maz already got a knock back for that.

[PanBiker]

Its not the normal size or shape of a Zippo, is it an imposter?

[plaques]

Its exactly 2 inches tall and you use it in place of a slip gauge for rough measurements?

[Stanley]

You are all circling round it. It's a genuine Zippo... Think sideways....

[PanBiker]

I know now but had to educate myself via the power of t'interweb. I always thought Zippo's were a design once perfect wonder just with different finishes and designs, wrong again, doh!

[plaques]

In one of your 'shed Matters' you mentioned that the hinge had broken and it was up for repairs. Did you ever put an new hinge pin in it or is it a round tuit job?

[Stanley]

No, that's the one with the Koala on it, now has a tight hinge and p;in. You're having a problem with this one I can see. Clue, Ian is quite right they are a standard design just varying in finish, so how come this one is different. It's the most obvious answer and that's perhaps why you are all missing it....

[Stanley]

This is dragging on.... Time to put you out of your misery. The answer is dead simple, it's a replica of the original Zippo lighter first made in 1932. They are regarded as quite valuable now as a collectible but I have always used mine normally.
Next for shaving?

[Stanley]

I don't think you lot are up yet. Try this one. Has anyone any idea what these are?

[David Whipp]

Heavy duty ear cleaners (often used with lump hammer).

[Wendyf]

[Marilyn]

Bespoke Chopsticks...for 2 minute Noodles in the shed.

[Stanley]

Imaginative but...... Clue they are tapered and pot hard.

[David Whipp]

As posted previously, for reaming ears out, but no lump hammer necessary...

[PanBiker]

Are they pins for fixing the arms of a flywheel?

[Bodger]

Taper reamers without flutes

[chinatyke]

Cotter pins?