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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Apr 2023, 09:47
by Stanley
Looks like it doesn't it but no, older than that......

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Apr 2023, 09:59
by Big Kev
Cannon balls?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Apr 2023, 12:30
by Stanley
Yes Kev, but a bit more than that please......

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Apr 2023, 12:59
by Big Kev
Valley of the Shadow of Death is a photograph by Roger Fenton, taken on April 23, 1855, during the Crimean War. It is one of the most well-known images of war.

Wikipedia

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Apr 2023, 13:38
by Stanley
Dead right Kev. Now we need another object!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 09 Apr 2023, 03:13
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 Apr 2023, 04:04
by Stanley
No offers? I'll knock it on the head at dinner time....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 Apr 2023, 07:52
by plaques
Waiting for Gloria. Its been on several times before.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 Apr 2023, 09:04
by Gloria
Is it for holding some sort of cutter for sharpening?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 Apr 2023, 09:34
by Stanley
That's close enough. Well remembered Gloria... It's a jig for sharpening big twist drills on a grinding wheel.
Next for shaving?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Apr 2023, 03:36
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Apr 2023, 05:49
by Steeplejerk
I think I know 😉

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Apr 2023, 05:56
by Wendyf
Very familiar...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Apr 2023, 07:18
by Big Kev
Harmonica?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 Apr 2023, 08:27
by Stanley
It is indeed Kev, a chromatic harmonica to be accurate, you can see the slide that changes the pitch from sharp to flat.
W need a more difficult one...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 14 Apr 2023, 03:46
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 14 Apr 2023, 07:25
by Gloria
Don’t think I’ve ever seen one.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 14 Apr 2023, 09:04
by Tizer
Is it something to do with tyres? Apply the pin end to the valve to let off pressure then the flat end to lever off the tyre?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 15 Apr 2023, 03:27
by Stanley
I can see why you thought that Peter but no. Clue, it was mainly used by the military.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 16 Apr 2023, 03:30
by Stanley
It gets the chop at dinner time....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Apr 2023, 02:54
by Stanley
It's a tool used by Armourers for extracting springs from the breech mechanism.....
Next one?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 18 Apr 2023, 03:22
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 18 Apr 2023, 08:34
by Steeplejerk
Must be 12" long for a reason 🤔

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 18 Apr 2023, 08:45
by plaques
If it was only 6" would you only get half the spark??

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 18 Apr 2023, 14:50
by Tizer
Is it ebonite?