A challenge ... what would this be?

[fernando]

Hi David,

Originally Posted by David

... We are spending an awful lot of time on an object which i have serious doubts is any kind of weapon.

I see that you were in fact the person who has more often posted in this thread.
I humbly beg you to pardon me .
Sure this is not a weapon.
I thought i'd post this curious object for a bit of relaxation, a sort of 'fait divers', hoping not to comit such a major crime .
The truth is that, forumites posted their sugestions, even assuming this is not a weapon in the first place.
Being this forum the place we permanently frequent to query and discuss the items of our basic hobby (weapons), it just comes handy to break the tabu and also post here some non weapon item that crosses in our way.
Surely many a member has his set of curiousities at home, besides the potential of general culture that resides in this comunity.
... one feels tempted to pop up with these riddles .

Fernando

[fearn]

Considering how often we talk about weapon-like objects (African money spears, for instance?), I'm not bothered by this. As Fernando noted, it is different. Also, this is August, and if we don't do something different, we'll get stale

F

[Rick]

August is duck and cover month here (where I live), Fearn .

[fearn]

Originally Posted by Rick

August is duck and cover month here (where I live), Fearn .

Mosquitoes? Or tourists?

[David]

Originally Posted by fearn

Mosquitoes? Or tourists?

Is there a difference?

[Rick]

Judging by our local news Tourists draw more blood .

Anyway, Fernando's post is not without precedent .
http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002485.html

[Bryan.H]

This object intrigues me and bugs the hell out of me!

I'm thinking now that it could be a Coptic 'hand cross', used in blessings and processions. It's fairly crudely carved, so maybe a rural village priest made it.
The other thing it may be, along the same lines, is as a ritual object used to handle or hold the vellum prayer scrolls, some of which are only a few inches wide.

alternatively, it's a Kenyan Salad server..

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Rick

Judging by our local news Tourists draw more blood .

Anyway, Fernando's post is not without precedent .
http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002485.html

Ah ... i remember this one .

[David]

Originally Posted by fernando

Hi David,
I see that you were in fact the person who has more often posted in this thread.

I know, that's what's really bugging me.

Originally Posted by fernando

I humbly beg you to pardon me .
Sure this is not a weapon.
I thought i'd post this curious object for a bit of relaxation, a sort of 'fait divers', hoping not to comit such a major crime .

Relaxation?! I've been going crazy trying to figure it out and find some answers here. Nothing relaxing about such a mystery!
But seriously Fernando, i was just commenting. Don't get so defensive. You have committed no major crime here. I must admit though that i am rather hoping it still turns out to be a weapon some how, though i strongly doubt it. Maybe you could go out and mug someone with it to see if it is effective.
Crime or not though i do hope this doesn't start a trend here of everyone dragging out their unidentified non-weapon curios for discussion. That could get old fast IMO.