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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I vote a cigarette snuffer. Or a cigar clipper. Or a filter for unfiltered cigarettes.
Penis gourd of the Chromatics of the Upper Thames.
Looks kind of like a candle holder laying on its side.
Oar handle? Vanderleun's answer is better, even if wrong.
Goggle makes it so easy... ofc it's a handle to one of the first HDs
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/writers/nfrankl/photos/harley_davids…
a laser saber ?
Hint: I suspect the context to be culinary ;o)
[Ah. You would be a cultured french-type person :-) -W]
pretty sure it's a nutcracker.
Detachable mouthpiece for a pipe, possibly for a hubble-bubble or similar?
I think it's a mouthpiece for a musical instrument of some kind or possibly a duck call.
Looks like a finial for a pole (maybe a curtain, or a flag pole or something a bit fancier).
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?
They aren't whackos, they're cows.