A thin excuse for no blogging, but I’ve been away and fighting off the wackos. In the meantime, what is this:
[Some creative answers so far, but no-one has come close. Answer soon -W]
[My favourite answer is the Harley handlebar… I can just see a custom harley hand-crafted from antique silver. But the true answer is: a leg-of-lamb holder; the bone is inserted into the tube and secured with the screw, which then provides an elegant handle to hold the joint when carving -W]
wmconnolley: scienceblogs.com/stoat archive 
I vote a cigarette snuffer. Or a cigar clipper. Or a filter for unfiltered cigarettes.
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Penis gourd of the Chromatics of the Upper Thames.
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Looks kind of like a candle holder laying on its side.
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Oar handle? Vanderleun’s answer is better, even if wrong.
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Goggle makes it so easy… ofc it’s a handle to one of the first HDs
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a laser saber ?
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Hint: I suspect the context to be culinary ;o)
[Ah. You would be a cultured french-type person 🙂 -W]
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pretty sure it’s a nutcracker.
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Detachable mouthpiece for a pipe, possibly for a hubble-bubble or similar?
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I think it’s a mouthpiece for a musical instrument of some kind or possibly a duck call.
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Looks like a finial for a pole (maybe a curtain, or a flag pole or something a bit fancier).
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Dude, on your next post, the comment form is part of the link to your flickr page.
[Oops, you’re right. Thanks; fixed -W]
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Tycho Brahe’s nose?
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They aren’t whackos, they’re cows.
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