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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 May 2025, 04:11
by 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....)
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 May 2025, 05:31
by Cathy
Could it be a Pestle?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 May 2025, 07:05
by Stanley
Sorry Cathy but no......
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 May 2025, 08:11
by Tripps
A billiard ball ?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 May 2025, 10:32
by Stanley
Yes! Well done David. It's a very old discoloured ivory billiard ball.
Now we need another object.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 May 2025, 01:33
by 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?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 May 2025, 04:06
by Stanley
No takers?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 May 2025, 05:56
by Steeplejerk
Is it a smokers knife ??
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 May 2025, 06:09
by Stanley
No Tom but you are on the right track. Try a profession.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 May 2025, 06:56
by Steeplejerk
I think I remember what it is it's been on before
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 May 2025, 08:28
by Stanley
It has Tom. Let's see if anyone else can remember.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 May 2025, 08:59
by Tizer
A special knife for anglers?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 May 2025, 02:22
by Stanley
Again, on the right track Peter but not correct. I think you'd better have a stab at it Tom!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 May 2025, 07:25
by Big Kev
Stockman's knife, one blade is general purpose, one for castration and one for trimming sheep feet?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 May 2025, 08:40
by Stanley
Exactly right, Kev has it! Now we need another object!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 May 2025, 03:52
by Stanley
Yes, it's a vertical steam boiler set up in the open air. Can you tell me why?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 May 2025, 02:23
by Stanley
No takers?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 May 2025, 06:05
by Wendyf
I vaguely remember seeing this one before, are they working on a borehole?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 May 2025, 06:08
by 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!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 21 May 2025, 02:52
by 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?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 May 2025, 03:24
by 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.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 May 2025, 02:45
by Stanley
You're not biting...... I shall kill it at dinnertime...
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 May 2025, 05:43
by Big Kev
Hooverville?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 May 2025, 05:53
by Stanley
Yes Kev, well remembered..... Now we need another object.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 May 2025, 02:40
by 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?)
