OneGuyFromBarlick

I'm with China, the brass cap in the foreground is on the arm of the chair?

Plaques is the nearest but I will leave it a bit longer.

Is it a walking stick with a sword inside? Push the brass bit and the sword slides out.

Very close Tizer, but not quite right....all but. Have another think.

Is it a gun inside a walking stick?

No it's not Wendy, but you should know what it is.

I reckon it's something to do with "osses", is it a driving whip or something like that?

Nope not a driving whip, but definitely to do with horses.

Ha! You left a clue that I didn't spot at first...its a measuring stick for horses marked in hands.

Very clever, I've never seen one before.

That was a good one!
Now we need another.......

I've never seen one of those before - thanks Gloria!

Let's see what you can make of this one...

Probably the most rubbishy answer ever posted. 'A blood sugar tester?'

Nonsense - it's obviously a US Navy issue, nose hair trimmer.
Or perhaps a spy kit handy key ring, suicide pill dispenser.
Or perhaps it's something else.

Tripps wrote:Nonsense - it's obviously a US Navy issue

I was going to suggest a suppository dispenser but my sheltered upbringing held me back.

A torch?

God knows.... I don't. A pen drive? A dispenser for something small like sweeteners? (It looks as though the printed part slides back....)

Is it a tiny pocket size lint remover that opens up to be used on uniforms?

I like your inventive answers but nobody's given the correct one yet! It's something quite simple and common...but Navy fly boys are show offs and like to make even the simple things look high tech.

Pen lid?

A book-mark?

Too thick for a bookmark, Cathy. Ian is getting close.

Pencil sharpener?

No, China, but closer than Cathy's bookmark. (No offence meant Cathy!)

A couple of you have used the essential word needed for the first stage of the identity but not quite in the required context. But once you get that I'm going to ask you for more information ("Oh no!", I hear you say.)