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Mystery items

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 8:46 am

PinkDalek wrote:Looks a little like a glove stretcher.


It is not for stretching anything. Note that the spring is fairly weak.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby redsturgeon » September 27th, 2017, 3:22 pm

6 looks a bit like a plumbers copper pipe cutter, not quite the same but it looks as if you can set it for different diameter tubes and then scribe or cut them.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 3:42 pm

redsturgeon wrote:6 looks a bit like a plumbers copper pipe cutter, not quite the same but it looks as if you can set it for different diameter tubes and then scribe or cut them.

John


It does look like a cutter and it is adjustable. There is a very important difference, however.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby staffordian » September 27th, 2017, 3:49 pm

No. 2. Is it a finial from a post of some sort? Possibly railway related like the top of a signal post?

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 4:04 pm

jfgw wrote:It does look like a cutter and it is adjustable. There is a very important difference, however.


To clarify, the blade does cut but it is not a pipe cutter or anything similar.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 4:18 pm

staffordian wrote:No. 2. Is it a finial from a post of some sort? Possibly railway related like the top of a signal post?


Correct answer staffordian. It is a finial from the top of a signal post.

The markings on the left say "L&NER" and, on the right, "BLTN". On the side further around to the right is the number "14".

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 4:26 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:Is #6 some sort of 'opener' ?
Looks to heavy to be a wine foil remover!


Sorry, I missed that post earlier.

It is not an opener of any sort.

Look more closely at how it may be used.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 4:36 pm

No. 5:
jfgw wrote:Not food related. Not snails, not any sort of fish, nor any other kind of food.


Is the person who uses it a fish? No, he is not a fish.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby PinkDalek » September 27th, 2017, 5:33 pm

jfgw wrote:No. 5:
jfgw wrote:Not food related. Not snails, not any sort of fish, nor any other kind of food.


Is the person who uses it a fish? No, he is not a fish.

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He's a s(t)urgeon?

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 6:22 pm

PinkDalek wrote:He's a s(t)urgeon?


Not a surgeon. The item is not medical.

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A fishy joke:
How do you weigh a fish?
You use fish scales.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby UncleEbenezer » September 27th, 2017, 6:27 pm

jfgw wrote:How do you weigh a fish?
You use fish scales.

The cat says you're overcomplicating the issue.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 6:47 pm

UncleEbenezer wrote:The cat says you're overcomplicating the issue.


Cats have sharp bits!

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby Gengulphus » September 27th, 2017, 7:06 pm

Very much a guess, but is 6 some sort of device for producing a hollow in a piece of wood, e.g. for a tobacco pipe? Or a hole in the side of one, e.g. for a woodwind instrument?

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 7:35 pm

Gengulphus wrote:Very much a guess, but is 6 some sort of device for producing a hollow in a piece of wood, e.g. for a tobacco pipe? Or a hole in the side of one, e.g. for a woodwind instrument?

Gengulphus


It is not for making a hole in anything. Look more closely at how it might be used.

The cutter swivels freely. It cannot be driven.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby PinkDalek » September 27th, 2017, 7:47 pm

Still on 5.

jfgw wrote:
PinkDalek wrote:He's a s(t)urgeon?


Not a surgeon. The item is not medical.

Julian F. G. W.


A fishy joke:
How do you weigh a fish?
You use fish scales.


For holding an insect, gently, for examination?

A crimper?

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 7:55 pm

PinkDalek wrote:For holding an insect, gently, for examination?

A crimper?


Nothing to do with either.

Try to string together the little clues that I have left.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby PinkDalek » September 27th, 2017, 8:13 pm

5) Continued

jfgw wrote:
PinkDalek wrote:For holding an insect, gently, for examination?

A crimper?


Nothing to do with either.

Try to string together the little clues that I have left.

Julian F. G. W.


I have tried and have therefore eliminated anything to do with caviar/fish eggs etc as you said not food related. Similarly the person that uses it is not a fish but perhaps a fisherman. I'm still no closer to the answer.

Anything to do with silk plucking (that word is incorrect) or seeds?

1) An upturned metal planter of some sort? The presently upper part to hold the bulbs.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby kempiejon » September 27th, 2017, 8:18 pm

Follow the fishy theme fly tying?

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 8:24 pm

PinkDalek wrote:I have tried and have therefore eliminated anything to do with caviar/fish eggs etc as you said not food related. Similarly the person that uses it is not a fish but perhaps a fisherman. I'm still no closer to the answer.

Anything to do with silk plucking (that word is incorrect) or seeds?


Nothing to do with fishermen, fishmongers, fish anything-else. The meaning of the non-fish clue will be clear when you know the answer. The person who uses this is not an oily fish.

Not silk or seed related.

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Re: Mystery items

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Postby jfgw » September 27th, 2017, 8:32 pm

PinkDalek wrote:1) An upturned metal planter of some sort? The presently upper part to hold the bulbs.


It is actually just the wrong way around, not upturned. (The claw should be on the ground.) It is not garden-related.

kempiejon wrote:Follow the fishy theme fly tying?


Nothing to do with fish or fishing.

Number 5 is very difficult if you don't know what it is. Make a note of the clues.

UncleEbenezer wrote:The cat says you're overcomplicating the issue.


What sort of fish does your cat like?

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