To ask you what is this?

[DontbeaDickaboutit]

Posting here for traffic.... what is this please?

Is it to separate and store different coloured thread for cross stitch?

Penis measurer?

Freudian
Arf!

Measure tape and a rather odd dildo?..

So I take it you folks don’t use inches anymore?

Ooooh, extra pictures suddenly appeared. They weren't there earlier

Charolais are you thinking Wraps per inch? Or depth gauge?

Yes! Extra pictures! None the wiser though.

I can’t see the extra pictures. Could someone describe the new findings to me?

It stands up on table

Images show when I am on laptop and have clicked show all messages

Is made in England

DH says it's a fishing rig holder.

So no open ends.

Ooh yes to the Morris dancing equipment idea!!

Is the cylinder flexible or ceramic

It does not look as if it is designed to be held, the red hand is decorative and designed to be free-standing. I am wondering whether the holes had some little wooden rods stuck in and if it is for weaving/crochet/macrame/lace making??

Does the white bit come out of the hand, separating the 2 parts? If not then it can't be the candle-clock thing.

What is it made of?

Did anyone else do a tentative reverse google search of the image, scared of what might pop up in the results?!

You know the bit on Bargain Hunt where the contestants pick up random crap and the expert comes in and explains what it is? "Well what you've got there, red team, is a merkin rack..."

(Impressed that merkin is in my phone dictionary)

Made of plastic, we're not sure if the end doesn't come off or if it's stuck on....

Is it plastic or Bakelite? The difference is a lot of money usually.

I used to have an uncle with a sense of humour and he made a Whats This Thing to be found after he had died. But it want anything like that.

Oh no, now I'll have to follow this as well as the Facebook thread. I need to know what it is!

I thought I knew what a merkin was. Then I realised I was thinking of a Ferkin. So I'm no further on in my thinking!

is it a percussion instrument where you have a stick and bring it up and down on the tube