Edit: in Belgium if it gives any clue
Perhaps an antique wooden hanger? But without the hook at the end. Like this: https://wallapop.com/item/percha-antigua-de-madera-1293455579
EDIT: Adding a megalodon archive link, just in case. Just learned today that you can put gyo.tc/ in front of any link. Class!
I think it's upside down, and probably should have a hook for hanging that's located in the middle of the curved section, which is shown in contact with the ground.
But it could also be simply an extention pole for reaching hung garmets that are stored or displayed overhead... Nowadays such extensions are usually just poles with hooks.
I really wish this comm took after Rule 2 of /r/whatisthisthing and disallowed joke comments. Not because "reeee no fun allowed" but because that's already present everywhere else, and it'd facilitate a lot more interesting, useful, unique discussion.
Without hyperbole, that one rule makes /r/whatisthisthing way better than most subreddits, because it doesn't let it just sink into the lowest common denominator like the rest of that shithole has.
Wood pickaxe, used to gather some stone to get a stone pickaxe.
Could it be a niddy noddy?
Part of a disassembled rocking chair or cradle?
It’s the wooden pick axe in Minecraft
You see, it has a flared bottom..
Maybe a type of pole used to herd sheep?
Gardening Holer
Like this but longer so you don't have to bend over. The lines are for different depths for different plants
It gives me the impression that it upsidedown, it reminds me a coat hanger without the neck in the middle, as it is for holding upright something that drapes from those arms, like a small banner.
It's a clothes hanger. There's a central stick with holes where you put your part in.
My grandma had something similar. She used it as a dildo.
The top part doesn't look worn or have the right grips to be a handle.
My guess is there are holes on the other side not visible to the camera, as its probably only one piece of a large set of furniture.
Maybe part of an old style cradle, like a vintage Jenny Lind style one.
Apparently, wooden tools are symbols in Royal Arch Masonry.
World's largest IUD?
The curvature looks like if you set it onto the ground, you could step forward and it would roll over the right distance, so you can still hold it.
So, maybe a measuring helper (is the curved part perhaps 1m long?) or maybe you'd use it to carve lines into a garden bed, for partitioning.
It kinda looks like the sort of thing a person would use to clear poker chips or other game pieces off a table or something. It probably isnt, seems a bit big for that.
I wonder if this is one of those things someone made for their own purposes that doesnt actually have a known use at all, because its a completely unique piece.
You slide the pole up your ass and run around pretending to be a wind-up doll. Then ask random strangers to turn it.
Radiusing tool for a giant's guitar
Maybe something to present or dry shirts, blazers etc.?
Almost looks like a shoe horn
Looks like a standalone thing, has no connections. Tool or toy.
There's a section that's very clearly not the handle, and a section that in stark contrast, is a handle.
Is made of wood, entirely, and looks quite delicate. For gentler tasks/use.
It's long. So it must be to extend reach from the handle part.
Is entirely curvy without sharp edges, even when looking kind of worn. Designed not to cut or damage.
Handle is simple and round, rather than having ridges or second axis torque. It is not for twisting.
Non-handle end is curved and two-ended, with curves that look like for picking and pulling.
Tips of pulling end are a specific size and surface. Bigger would be stronger but less precise, smaller would be more precise but may risk damage and be weaker. Can imply strength and weight of thing this tool comes into contact with.
Tool-ends are flat, rather than round/dowels. So the thickness of the tool end is precise, with the amount of strength needed from the added width.
It also looks in fairly good condition for how old it looks, but simultaneously has even use wear through the finish. Used, not new, indoor tool.
My best guess is it's a tool meant for grabbing and pulling fabric or thread, with the secondary ability to push without getting caught, maybe on a large table.
Going by the era design and simplicity, it's either from a time or a place with a level of technology that is still relatively simple, a la 1900 USA textiles industry, rather than hyper modern. Or a person, now, who made it themselves and doesn't need anything fancy, or who likes this style (it does have the dark smooth finish).
My guess: garment maker's tool, possibly men's suits/tailor.
we don't talk about grandma's toys.
It's a pik for soft gold mining.
A rocking-crutch
possibly a croupier stick? hard to say, doesn't look like a typical one but there's a lot of variance in how they're made
Is it whatever the hell a "tvare" is? https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tvare
Maybe just a decorative pickaxe?
This was a very popular toy for children and youths in the 1800s.
You see, even back then the children yearned for the mines.
I think it's a cane.
No idea. Showed the wife, we're stumped. Looks like a piece of a rocking chair but wrong. Is it AI?
Looks like it's for ru ru.
It looks like an old "T-Square". It was used for "drafting". /s
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