Gizmo Quiz: Feb 6, 2006

can you guess what these are for?

[httpwebwitch]

what are they? [wiccawiki.com]

You can imagine what these things are capable of. But what is their intended purpose?

Let the game begin...

[Lyndsay]

Could be wine bottle openers?

[edited by: lawman at 6:55 pm (utc) on Feb. 6, 2006]

[httpwebwitch]

no, they aren't for opening wine

[edited by: lawman at 6:55 pm (utc) on Feb. 6, 2006]

[Lynque]

is it an earth tiller?

[lawman]

Soil loosener?

<added> I think Lynque said it better :) </added>

[httpwebwitch]

is it an earth tiller?

they are for breaking something up... but not dirt.

[lawman]

Actually, it looks more like an anchor that screws into the ground.

[httpwebwitch]

lawman is getting colder.

[lawman]

Ice chopper. How's that for cold. :)

[bunltd]

is it gardening related?

LisaB

[httpwebwitch]

not ice.

though I might have liked one of these to dig
my car out of the snow-hail-ice-rain this morning

[httpwebwitch]

this item is not used in the garden.

[httpwebwitch]

hint: something culinary hardens

[lawman]

<Note: Edits have to do with a title correction and references to that correction. Carry on.>

[Lynque]

Are they for boring holes in wood?

[lawman]

Taffy pullers.

[httpwebwitch]

holes in wood: no.
taffy: no.

[httpwebwitch]

hint: baking ingredient

[Lynque]

are they for shaving chocolate

[httpwebwitch]

chocolate: no.

[lawman]

Breaking up brown sugar.

[httpwebwitch]

Breaking up brown sugar.

YOU ARE CORRECT!

These are "sugar devils", used to till a hardened batch of sugar

[lawman]

How about a link.

<added> [patented-antiques.com...] </added>

[edited by: lawman at 7:03 pm (utc) on Feb. 6, 2006]

[Lynque]

neat gizmo webwitch

[httpwebwitch]

source [patented-antiques.com]

[lawman]

Good one, I used the hints. Last one gave it away.

I guess I'm on deck.

[httpwebwitch]

I knew this one would be tricky, beacuse these things look like some kind of nasty weapon or gardening tool. I saw some of these in person on a tour of a Shaker village last year.

congrats lawman...

[Lyndsay]

Neat, I didn't even know these existed. I might have to invest in one.

[jecasc]

Damn. Missed the Gizmo Quiz again.

Nice Gizmo. Those things look a little bit like early versions of a garden claw.

[bunltd]

I thought it was some sort of antique aerator or weeder thing... but sugar? Good gizmo!

LisaB