Yet another "what is it"

[RogerP]

any ideas?

 

[Chrispy]

It looks as if the maker couldn't make up his mind either!

 

[Harry 48]

It looks like a thingy whatsit with a handle missing but I'm not sure

 

[woodpig]

Hard to tell with one handle missing ... :lol:

 

[RogerS]

It's what the Victorian surgeons used in the colorectal clinic

 

[RogerP]

... so it seems no one has more idea than I have.

 

[RobinBHM]

Water divining rods

 

[htf666]

Is it a thing for getting boy scouts out of girl guides?

 

[Alexam]

It's a winder for the old fogalwaker used in the 1850s. Quite clear really.

 

[RogerP]

It's a winder for the old fogalwaker used in the 1850s. Quite clear really.

Of course! Not used one for a while so I'd forgotten

 

[Owl]

I think it's what Bruce Lee was originally going to use in the film Enter the Dragon

 

[Eric The Viking]

I think it's what Bruce Lee was originally going to use in the film Enter the Dragon

In which case it's not surprising they've gone extinct.

Bruce Lee too, for that matter.