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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 08 Jul 2014, 03:36
by Stanley
Last clue, look in the recess at the front....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 09 Jul 2014, 05:01
by Stanley
No joy? It's a complete set of watchmaker's drills, ex army and I can't even guess what they would cost today. I got them for a song and have never used them but the point is that they are there if needed! There are ten drills in each container....
Next for shaving?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 09 Jul 2014, 06:39
by David Whipp
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 09 Jul 2014, 07:24
by PanBiker
Plant basket holder off a lampost.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 09 Jul 2014, 07:32
by Pluggy
Or a litter bin holder for a lamp post.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 09 Jul 2014, 07:33
by David Whipp
Spot on Ian.
I shouldn't have posted this pic the other day...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 09 Jul 2014, 08:23
by David Whipp
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 09 Jul 2014, 08:33
by Tizer
An Ikea kit for stencilling oblongs with round corners.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 09 Jul 2014, 11:37
by David Whipp
A bit too robust for Ikea - nice idea though.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 10 Jul 2014, 06:10
by Stanley
I don't know what it is. Something about it says mounting pad in some sort of assembly.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 10 Jul 2014, 07:07
by David Whipp
A clue is that the mystery object has become detached from its assembly.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 10 Jul 2014, 08:26
by Tizer
I've got it! It's the hilt off King Arthur's sword, Excalibur! If you found it in Barlick this could be the chance for a Lottery grant to build a big museum in the town dedicated to Arthur.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 03:35
by Stanley
Is it one of those silly rubber guards they put on chisels that don't work?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 06:00
by David Whipp
Not rubber, but steel.
On the Town Square, we have one pair that work; and anther pair that don't...
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 07:30
by Stanley
Locks for traffic barrier posts? The hasp of the lock pokes through the plate?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 08:10
by David Whipp
Bob on Stanley.
You can see the plates in use on the new demountable bollards put up outside Chubby's Chippy.
However, when the bollards were removed for deliveries, the plates didn't lay flat. Trucks passing over them broke the weld to the hinge on the socket. The bollards themselves have been installed in the wrong location, allowing vans etc to bypass them at either side.
The contractors are now due to return and reinstall them in the right place with plates sitting flat when not locked...
They'll also be installing rings on the stone walls of the front planters to hitch dogs (or horses) to.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 08:35
by Stanley
Try this one..... {Thanks for the hitching rings....]
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 10:51
by Tizer
Rams horn? But is it complete or a longitudinal section I wonder? Do you keep your gunpowder in it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 13:27
by plaques
Part of your ivory collection that you first showed in June. From a wild pig. Actually it was quite tame until it had its teeth pulled out.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 15:59
by Tizer
Now I think of it, ram's horn is all crinkly so I was wrong on that count. Walrus tusk? Sabre-toothed tiger?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 16:19
by PanBiker
Looks like a cows horn to me.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Jul 2014, 04:21
by Stanley
Not a lot of point letting this one linger on because I don't know what it is. P has a good memory and is right, it was with the old ivory offcuts and my best guess it is a tooth from a large carnivore like a lion or tiger. Solid and a good weight. I wouldn't like it to be stuck into me!
Try this one...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Jul 2014, 05:58
by David Whipp
Pendulum weight?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Jul 2014, 06:26
by Stanley
I don't think so....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 12 Jul 2014, 06:37
by David Whipp
Plumb bob?