What am I? A guessing game

[Glowworm]

I thought this might be fun. What am I - a guessing game where you post a photo of something, either the whole thing or part of it and we try to guess what it is. I'll start the ball rolling.

You will find me in every Swedish household. What am I?

 

[hollydolly]

Lemon zester ?

 

[Rosemarie]

It looks like one of those things for cutting through curd cheese.

 

[Glowworm]

Sorry holly incorrect. Rosemarie, you’re on the right track

 

[chic]

Looks like a cheese shaver.

 

[Glowworm]

Looks like a cheese shaver

Yes chic though we call them cheese slicers. Everyday ones look more like this.

 

[Glowworm]

Let's have another try. What am I?

 

[Sunny]

A hook used in the old days to tighten boot laces?

 

[Glowworm]

No Sunny sorry, way off

 

[Sunny]

Ye gads. OK, next guess: something to do with horses?

 

[Glowworm]

No, it would normally be used in the home and it's not a kitchen utensil.

 

[hollydolly]

Is it something to do with candles ?

 

[Glowworm]

Yes holly, but exactly what?

 

[hollydolly]

Hmmm well I would have said a candle snuffer, but I'm not sure about the hook......unless... it's to snuff out candles in tall places , street lamps for example

 

[chic]

Hmmm well I would have said a candle snuffer, but I'm not sure about the hook......unless... it's to snuff out candles in tall places , street lamps for example

The candle idea makes sense. The hook looks like a shepherd's crook so I may be way off but I would have guessed it was used in a church.

 

[hollydolly]

The candle idea makes sense. The hook looks like a shepherd's crook so I may be way off but I would have guessed it was used in a church.

good gues chic.. but @Glowworm said it's used in the home.. so my street lamps are wrong too

 

[chic]

good gues chic.. but @Glowworm said it's used in the home.. so my street lamps are wrong too

Unless it was an old English or European manor house with its own chapel. I'm probably wrong.

 

[Glowworm]

Hmmm well I would have said a candle snuffer, but I'm not sure about the hook......unless... it's to snuff out candles in tall places , street lamps for example

Wrong end of the candle holly.

 

[chic]

It's used for dipping the wicks into the wax and lifting them out again.

 

[Glowworm]

No not that either

 

[hollydolly]

is it used for cutting the candle ?

 

[Glowworm]

In what way?

 

[hollydolly]

OMG...you're a hard taskmaster... .. snip it ?

 

[Glowworm]

It's a shaver for making the bottom of the candle smaller, like a pencil sharpener. If the candle won't fit in the candlestick you push the bottom of the candle in, turn it and it shaves the candle till it's the right size to fit the candlestick. This is an old one, new ones are battery powered,

 

[hollydolly]

It's a shaver for making the bottom of the candle smaller, like a pencil sharpener. If the candle won't fit in the candlestick you push the bottom of the candle in, turn it and it shaves the candle till it's the right size to fit the candlestick. This is an old one, new ones are battery powered,

excellent...wonder why it has a hook on it ?