Salutations Carruthers--

1 -- Negative. Keep trying!

2 -- Sorry, not part of the bridle. Your experience with english tack should prove helpful here.

Not an IMAX theater? Hmmm...

A large pressure (or negative pressure) vessel? Decompression chamber?

Thank you.

(1) The laser dome at the Pacific Science Center

(2) some kind of leather strap, probably for pleasure

How can one use a leather strap for pleasure?

See, I don't know, because I'm not into that, but V has been posting this kinky stuff recently.

Not for the first time, I appear to have been labouring under a misapprehension.*

Are the two parts of the tack joined to one another where you are holding them, or are they two separate pieces?

Carruthers.

*No longer an arrestable offence.:dunce:

Way to go wolf!

You're right about picture 1. That is the outside of the IMAX theater at the Pacific Science Center. Which is, itself, inside the Pacific Science Center.

Picture 2. Still no one's identified it, so another clue. This is a very specific piece of gear, and only a PART of the actual piece of equipment. How it was separated from the other part (which would make the picture too obvious for this thread) is another mystery. I had to ask two horse experts because my google-image-fu was not strong enough. So, English tack (but a very specific application of English tack), and only part of a piece of equipment. Good luck!

Slobber straps?

?!?

Ah, no.:3eye:

Titty jigglers?

Ball floppers?

...

Junk slappers?

Is it a girth strap?

Flint -- You're a pervert. I like that about you. Nevertheless, your answers are wrong. Thanks for playing.

Gravdigr -- You're partly right. Now, the tough question. What *kind* of girth strap? For the record this set of buckles/straps is not part of my girth from the previous "What is this".

Be specific!

For a pack saddle? Back straps maybe?

Attachments for side reins.

Hold the tail up.

But could you use them for junk slappers?

I would comment on that suggestion, but I fear that there is a worrying Freudian dimension just below the surface waiting to bite me:eek:

So, just what the hell is this, anyway?

Can't be it, I know it's not a crupper, which is a loop that attaches to the little ring at the back of the saddle, and keeps the saddle from sliding forward across the withers.

Who said anything about a saddle, we're talking kinky V here. :lol:

I am thinking we could adapt that to make some bondage gear. :lol:

It is the buckle end (only) of an equalizer girth, often used for polo saddles. Note how in the attached image the large solid D rings pass through the layers of the straps. The only way I can imagine these are made is that the straps are sewn ONTO the D rings. Solid welded D rings. My straps are intact, all stitching is intact. Where did the D ring go? I don't know, I got the straps, attached to the saddle, just as you see them. No girth, only these equalizer straps.

As for junk slappers, and bondage gear... definitely yes. For those of you who say otherwise, I suggest you merely lack imagination. Or courage.:censored:

Damn! I looked at just about every kind and type of tack in about 50 different Google image searches....Did not think of polo.:right:

Yeah. A pair of buckles with a strap for each of her thighs, with the wide strap going around your ass.

That way she can't get away. They always try to get away...

Them bitches love to get away. :haha:

What is this?

a leg off a tri-pod? notched at one end but not the other....hmmm

Nope.

Keep playing!

Not really a clue, but I like how in this picture it almost looks like it's floating.

how much does it weigh?

edit: rough guesstimate

a long ass handle for some sort of press.

good guess, wrong, but good.

... I think I'll hold off on the clues for the moment.

aight. i'm stumped.

no, not a stump.

don't worry. in a few hours the sun will rise over the eastern seaboard, and glatt will tell us all.

lmao i wait to be *enlightened*

Half a pool cue.

Not a pool cue, not even half.

Ok.. a clue

it's metal, and it is pretty heavy. I won't be using it for its designed purpose.. .since when did I ever do that anyhow?

But I *will* think of something.

actually... both you guys are good candidates for this one. The angle of the photo is somewhat deceptive, and... another clue.. this is not a whole _______, but just part of a ____________.

wow.. must be the bourbon talking, look at all these clues... shit. I got it just because it is an awesome piece of metal. The project, the purpose... that will come. It always does.

Yeah, so it's a metal bar that is part of some purpose you're not going to use it for. That narrows it down to roughly 41 zillion things it could have been. It could have been a contender.

Yeah, so it's a metal bar that is part of some purpose you're not going to use it for. That narrows it down to roughly 41 zillion things it could have been. It could have been a contender.

Yeah, so it's a metal bar that is part of some purpose you're not going to use it for. That narrows it down to roughly 41 zillion things it could have been. It could have been a contender.

Bruce, you are stuttering again.... :p

Is it tapered at the end on the floor? The knotches make it look like it should fit into something. It has an emblem on it which we cannot make out and would most likely give away its origin. A fork blank for a motorcycle front end?

If it tapers, it ain't much. It's notched to fit together with what he ain't got and doesn't want/need. The "emblem" looks like it could be a piece of masking tape. Might be a roller/paper guide off a large printer.

Yea, it was obviously a well machined bit of metal and if it is heavy then it is mostly solid. Not cheap.

I've got no idea.

Is it solid or hollow? I'm assuming solid, but the notched end looks like it's got something going on in there other than just a notch. But that could just be the lighting.

it is utterly solid, except for the well noted notch.

Not tapered.

mercy, you're right and wrong on the $$$.. retail, it is $$$, but I paid fractions of a cent on the dollar for it, part of why I was so stoked.

Not a roller from a printer, but that is a really good guess. not a fork blank

another clue, it is stainless steel.

Well, i will go with what I thought it was the moment I saw it, which is probably wrong, but it looks like a table leg.

so it's for outside or wet applications? still no idea.

Or food service. It's a big rolling pin for rolling out the dough for frozen pizzas.

It's a basketball.

With it being refined to very specific tolerances I believe it has to be for some kind of industrial use.

Is it a giant punch of some sort? Or perhaps an axle/spindle situation? It doesn't look overly smooth, so I'm guessing it's not used in an exacting/close tolerance way...

Ooh, is it from an industrial food mixer?

gravdigr ... you're getting warmer..

I'm going to lunch.

I shall reveal when I return.

This is the simplest of objects. It is a 1 1/8"x22" keyed stainless steel shaft. I got it at the local second hand marine shop, Second Wave. I love this place. As you can see, I paid a small price for it. You may compare the price *per foot* at this site for reference. It weighs a little over six pounds. I reckon it was.. hell. I don't know. It was cut short when I bought it. I wonder if it was a propshaft.... maybe not. (Steering) Wheel shaft, sure could be. There's a round shallow hole opposite the keyway where a setscrew would secure the hub of whatever the hell it was.

It is a lovely piece of metal.

What is this?

A jerry-rigged doo-hickey.

(at the first image) I'm guessing this is just a piece of art?

A multi-speed Tinker-Toy buffing-wheel powered thru a child-proof-bottle-top clutch assembly.

aka: a Rube Goldberg polisher

Um.

*Technically*, you're right.

Fine, no one will provide the answer I want.

It is the base of a little Christmas Tree of Devil Duckies. I made it as a gift for a friend (her daughter actually). I learned that she likes Devil Duckies. .... I couldn't help myself, friends. You know me.