Another....what is it?

[Pappy]

Okay, this one is weird, for sure. See what you think it might be.

 

[WheatenLover]

Nutcracker?

 

[Camper6]

Since one side is solid and the other side moveable. It's a measuring device of some sort.

 

[SeaBreeze]

To measure shoe/foot size like they use in shoe stores?

 

[jujube]

Some kind of spreader or stretcher?

 

[Pappy]

A couple close guesses, but not right yet.

 

[Lara]

A cigar measurer and chopper-offer? And you can stickem upright in the holders?

 

[Camper6]

To measure shoe/foot size like they use in shoe stores?

Nope. Those had a shoe size ruler built in. There's no ruler on this one.

 

[Camper6]

I notice now that the uprights are adjustable. So it's like a 'pass' or 'no pass' on a part of some sort.

 

[Wintermint]

It appears to be hinged in the middle? Is that a clue?

 

[AprilT]

Some kind of spreader or stretcher?

That's what I was thinking or it does the opposite and tightens, holds to objects together while they bond

 

[SifuPhil]

Is it a finger stretcher for musicians?

 

[Victor Meldrew]

Is it a finger stretcher for musicians?

Bingo.

Thanks, Google Image search.

 

[Lara]

It slowly stretches something made of leather like boots or cowboy hats or warped slats of wood

Or is it one of those sliding gizmos under a wooden dining room table for extensions, you know, for table leaves.

 

[Falcon]

Both sides are adjustable; hence the wing nuts.

I'm guessing a sort of a gauge. I'm pretty sure it's not used much anymore.

 

[Victor Meldrew]

It's a finger stretcher for piano and guitar players.

 

[Buckeye]

It's a finger stretcher for piano and guitar players.

Do you suppose some fellas tried to use it for, uh, stretching other things???

 

[Butterfly]

do you suppose some fellas tried to use it for, uh, stretching other things???

yikes!

 

[Aunt Bea]

Do you suppose some fellas tried to use it for, uh, stretching other things???

 

[Victor Meldrew]

Do you suppose some fellas tried to use it for, uh, stretching other things???

You are obviously familiar with the male thought process.... :laugh:

 

[Pappy]

yikes!

I wonder if it would work? :sentimental:

Yes, it is a finger stretcher for piano players.

 

[Buckeye]

You are obviously familiar with the male thought process.... :laugh:

Well, I've been a fella for over 70 years, so yeah.

 

[Camper6]

The gizmo does not stretch.

it squeezes . That's what the thumb holes are for.

 

[Camper6]

When do we get to find out what the object was used for?

 

[Pappy]

When do we get to find out what the object was used for?

It was answered above, Camper. I thought you saw it. No problem...it's a finger stretcher for a piano player.