OneGuyFromBarlick

Egg or cheese slicer.

You are so close Cathy but not quite there.... I know what you are thinking about but that's not it.

Is it for cutting curds in cheese making?

Gloria has it. That's exactly what it is. Sorry Cathy but I think you will be able to see how you weren't quite there.
Next one?

Ah, I thought of that too but then thought that the handle wasn't long enough.

Can you tell me what this is?

A body scrubber that is used in the shower or bath, or something that was used for your recent pedicure Stanley, maybe to remove dry skin.

Sorry Love, that's not it. I can see why you would think that. Perhaps I should have pointed out it's about 2" across.

I was going to say the same as Cathy, but is it a dolly blue bag.....or a gas mantle?

Wendyf wrote: ↑23 Aug 2019, 06:58 ..but is it ... a gas mantle?

Another one bites the dust. Wendy is right and China knew it as well. It's a new mantle for a Tilley Lamp (or any other place a mantle is needed.) They are a soft fabric when you buy them but are impregnated with a fireproof compound and when you install them and light them a minor miracle occurs and they flare up and transform into the fireproof incandescent mantle you were after.
Next one?

Try this one.

Is it for clearing out jets on petrol paint strippers? That's a guess!!

Bugger.... It's close enough Gloria, it's a pricker for clearing any sort of jet like that. I shall have to think of another one now.....

Can anyone tell me what this is....

Don't know, just speaking thoughts aloud.
Hold it in left hand, hit with hammer and chisel something, looks very old.

I don't know what size it is but I guess it would be useful if you wanted to dismantle a brick wall! Knock it into the mortar gaps and lever it back and forth to separate the bricks.

It is so heavily made that it looks like it has a specific purpose, not just using it as a general purpose chisel. Something to do with railway tracks? Knocking out the spring clips that hold the line to the sleeper? I'm making this up as I go along...

Hedging my bet: something to do with laddering a chimney?

You're all getting there, too heavy and blunt for use as a chisel. So what can it be?

The iron part looks like a toe tread. Do you put the wooden shaft into a pre-drilled hole and use this as step, for example in drainage inspection chambers?

Sorry China but no. Stick with the concept of a blunt chisel. Where would that come in handy?

For splitting rocks?

Used in caulking process for boats to drive in the tarred rope?

Gloria wrote: ↑26 Aug 2019, 07:29 Used in caulking process for boats to drive in the tarred rope?

That sounds plausible!