Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Sep 2023, 03:36
Evidently too arcane.... I shall knock it on the head at dinner time if we haven't got anywhere with it.....
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Sep 2023, 08:42
Did it hold the fuse for firing an old type of cannon?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 03 Sep 2023, 02:32
Sorry no Peter. It was found inside a house and is said to be the bronze pommel off a medieval sword.......
Quite, I have no idea if they are right or not!
Yes it's a punch but it has a very specific use. What is it?
Quite, I have no idea if they are right or not!
Yes it's a punch but it has a very specific use. What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 03:44
This is such a good one! No takers?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 05:28
Is it used on the railway ?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 05:33
For tapping the wheels on train?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 06:02
No to both of you. Clue, the application is maritime.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 08:38
Knocking out rivets?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 08:45
Think of it as a punch with a handle......
No Kev, not rivets.....
No Kev, not rivets.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 08:55
Bolts?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 11:03
No Kev, no threads involved.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 11:33
Wooden drift pegs don't know the real name but it sounds good 
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??Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 11:55
Not wooden but you're getting very warm Tom! Stick with pegs!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 04 Sep 2023, 15:37
For tapping in the tarred rope between wooden planking joints.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 05 Sep 2023, 02:16
Sorry Gloria but no. The shape of the punch is a clue. It's for driving in or out a locking dowel but the question is what in?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 06 Sep 2023, 03:52
It's evidently too obscure.... Sorry about that. Have a look at this LINK.
I told you it was a good one! Next one for shaving?
I told you it was a good one! Next one for shaving?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 03:22
What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 04:42
Is it a Whistle , Stanley 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 04:52
Yes Cathy but a very special type......
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 07:24
Station masters whistle?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 09:02
Sailors whistle??
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 09:04
Sorry, Neither of those.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 09:06
A Shepherd’s Whistle
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 10:08
I reckon you have hit the post there Cathy.
We had the shepherds whistle a few weeks back.
It's an Acme silent dog whistle I think.
Acme, accept no substitutes.
We had the shepherds whistle a few weeks back.
It's an Acme silent dog whistle I think.
Acme, accept no substitutes.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 08 Sep 2023, 02:36
Sorry Cathy, Ian is right, it's an Acme Silent Dog Whistle.
Next for shaving?
Next for shaving?