And These Are For???

[Baxter Smith]

After all the artistic inspiration seen at the AAW symposium, this is the best I could come up with?
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Someone needed a pair, and this is about as close to a matching anything as I could get!
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These don’t often get posted, so if you care to take a guess(and show your age).....go for it!

Prizes will not be awarded for correct answers.

[Kathy Marshall]

Nice matching pair of something. I can honestly say I don't have a clue what they are for, but obviously the original had a run in with a fire.

[Sid Matheny]

Paper holders for an out house!


Sid

[Marty Eargle]

I'm guessing either a kind of door handle or jump rope holders for someone with big hands.

[Eric Gourieux]

My first thought is loom carriages, or whatever thy are called.

[Tim Chase]

Those have to be heads for croquet mallets! Nice looking pair.

[Baxter Smith]

..... the original had a run in with a fire.

Not a fire Kathy.......it was something you don't have that much of.

.... jump rope holders for someone with big hands.

No, but they will give you a workout Marty!

Paper holders for an out house!Sid

Great imagination Sid!

My first thought is loom carriages, or whatever thy are called.

I can see the resemblance Eric, but not!

Those have to be heads for croquet mallets! Nice looking pair.

They would make some good ones given their weight Tim and the look would be about right......until you stuck the handle in......not that it takes one....right there at least!



Nice tries but the nonexistent prizes are still safe.

[Mike Cruz]

Cork screw handles?

[Roland Martin]

Hmm, too fancy for the old leather belt tensioners Whatever they may be, you did a fine job matching the pair! Damn, now I'm gonna be thinking of this all day, I could really use that nonexistent prize

[Tom Winship]

Are they rollers(ringers) for ringing water out of something? Or for squeezing juice out of something? Obviously, the grooves have a purpose.

[Jim Underwood]

Look sorta like bobbins.

[Mike Cruz]

I take back my guess at cork screw handles... I just looked at the pics again and unless you were making these for Andre The Giant, they are WAY too big for that.

Also, I just noticed the hole in the bottom of the one on your headstock. So, either it is a handle for something, or if that hole goes all the way through, you might feed some sort of rope or cord through it.

My guess? At this point, I don't have one. I'll keep thinking about it...

[Jim Burr]

Jump rope handles or a rain gauge. I need more coffee!

[Baxter Smith]

Cork screw handles?

You must drink the BIG bottles Mike!

......., too fancy for the old leather belt tensioners........

They are just a copy, but fancier than ones made for the same purpose today Roland!

....Obviously, the grooves have a purpose.

Maybe.......Not sure to be honest Tom since I haven't seen them installed!

Look sorta like bobbins.

Sorta.....but not Jim.

........Also, I just noticed the hole in the bottom of the one on your headstock. ....... that hole goes all the way through.......

Now you are getting somewhere Mike!

[Nathan Hawkes]

Because of the hint you gave Kathy, I can tell the staining of the original piece came from water. It has something to do with boats, and or fishing. I'm guessing that you would put a rope through the middle, but what sort of line or rigging is beyond me. I want to imagine it as part of a sailboat, keeping two ropes from rubbing together or something, or an anchor line, something like that. ????? Part of a wooden capstan winch?