What is it.... the game! Post unknown objects to ID... and to stump others!

Pearl Sutton wrote:I was at Cracker Barrel and looking at all the cool stuff on the walls. In a glass front display (which is why the pics are bad) full of building tools I saw these. The adjustable jawed plier things I can see how they'd work, but what were they used for?



And this pic is bad, but take a hook shaped tool, and roll the tip backwards... What would that be for? Didn't seem to have any of the edges sharpened.



Hoping someone knows, these puzzled me.
:D

C. Letellier wrote:

Pearl Sutton wrote:I was at Cracker Barrel and looking at all the cool stuff on the walls. In a glass front display (which is why the pics are bad) full of building tools I saw these. The adjustable jawed plier things I can see how they'd work, but what were they used for?



And this pic is bad, but take a hook shaped tool, and roll the tip backwards... What would that be for? Didn't seem to have any of the edges sharpened.



Hoping someone knows, these puzzled me.
:D

The bottom one is for trimming hooves. I can't remember the name of the tool but I have a modern one with a plastic handle in storage with my horse gear.

Jay Angler wrote:Yes, that would be for a serious wiring job! It's probably more industrial than home scale would be my guess. Hubby says it's for taking individual wires, and making up your own cable, rather than buying a wire that already has something like the black wire, white wire plus ground all surrounded by a sheath of plastic.

So, back to the ring things! My subconscious still insists they're napkin holders (I asked it the first time you posted the picture). You should be able to "stack" the large rings, then the small rings will separate around it. I'm thinking they were in style in about the '70's? I'll swear I've seen them before, and wondered then what they were and that was the answer I was given. I tried looking on the web, but they're not nice enough to deserve the label of "vintage".

Pearl Sutton wrote:

Jay Angler wrote:Yes, that would be for a serious wiring job! It's probably more industrial than home scale would be my guess. Hubby says it's for taking individual wires, and making up your own cable, rather than buying a wire that already has something like the black wire, white wire plus ground all surrounded by a sheath of plastic.

At 2.5 inch diameter, you could put 8 garden hoses in it :) I've used the small diameter stuff before, but this is huge.

So, back to the ring things! My subconscious still insists they're napkin holders (I asked it the first time you posted the picture). You should be able to "stack" the large rings, then the small rings will separate around it. I'm thinking they were in style in about the '70's? I'll swear I've seen them before, and wondered then what they were and that was the answer I was given. I tried looking on the web, but they're not nice enough to deserve the label of "vintage".

I didn't see you say that, sorry, just tried, I can't make them do anything like that. The small rings end up on each side, and there's zero stability. I can force them to sit like that, but they default to a sloppy pile if you aren't actively holding them. I stuffed a bandanna in it, doesn't hold it for squat. I think I recall the things you mean, but these ain't them.

Some days my weird brain buys or finds strange stuff! :D

Andrea Locke wrote:
Pearl, could they be curtain tiebacks? It is hard to judge the size but either the whole thing could loop around with the links at the two ends fitting over a hook, or if they are much smaller they could be part of a larger tieback with a bit of macrame or some fancy rope.

Kim Huse wrote:I think I know what these are;  I remember seeing pant suits, in the 70's, that had fabric tabs on the side, and something like these were used between the fabric tabs to help define the waist area....

Kim Huse wrote:I think I know w3hat these are;  I remember seeing pant suits, in the 70's, that had fabric tabs on the side, and something like these were used between the fabric tabs to help define the waist area....

Andrea Locke wrote:Is that a car window winder? If so, it is by far the fanciest I have ever seen.

Kenneth Elwell wrote:Does it operate a flush toilet?