What is this?

A thin excuse for no blogging, but I've been away and fighting off the wackos. In the meantime, what is this:

[Some creative answers so far, but no-one has come close. Answer soon -W]

[My favourite answer is the Harley handlebar... I can just see a custom harley hand-crafted from antique silver. But the true answer is: a leg-of-lamb holder; the bone is inserted into the tube and secured with the screw, which then provides an elegant handle to hold the joint when carving -W]

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Penis gourd of the Chromatics of the Upper Thames.

By vanderleun (not verified) on 22 Feb 2009 #permalink

Looks kind of like a candle holder laying on its side.

By Benjamin Franz (not verified) on 22 Feb 2009 #permalink

Oar handle? Vanderleun's answer is better, even if wrong.

By Steve Bloom (not verified) on 22 Feb 2009 #permalink

a laser saber ?

Hint: I suspect the context to be culinary ;o)

[Ah. You would be a cultured french-type person :-) -W]

By Guillaume (not verified) on 23 Feb 2009 #permalink

pretty sure it's a nutcracker.

I think it's a mouthpiece for a musical instrument of some kind or possibly a duck call.

Dude, on your next post, the comment form is part of the link to your flickr page.

[Oops, you're right. Thanks; fixed -W]

Tycho Brahe's nose?

By Luke Warmer (not verified) on 24 Feb 2009 #permalink