Mystery of the Week

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January 10, 2012 at 10:02 pm

(1) Ribert says:

Looks like a wine opener to me. Two blades which go in along the cork

January 11, 2012 at 8:21 am

(2) JJ says:

The winding key from a tin of sardines.

January 11, 2012 at 9:49 am

(3) cnaan says:

Two prongs corkscrew. Failed invention.

January 11, 2012 at 9:53 am

(4) kay says:

I too believe it’s a key for a can of fish product, etc.

January 11, 2012 at 9:59 am

(5) susan says:

Shoehorn for someone with tiny feet.

January 11, 2012 at 10:01 am

(6) Jim Speckman says:

Bottle opener

January 11, 2012 at 10:02 am

(7) rosemary says:

How about a Spam key?

January 11, 2012 at 10:22 am

(8) Keith says:

I’m going with the wine bottle opener too. Saw something like that maybe 30 years ago. Didn’t work so hot.

January 11, 2012 at 10:28 am

(9) Susan says:

Bottle opener. The other part is for lifting soda tabs.

January 11, 2012 at 10:31 am

(10) classyglassantiques says:

It could be for vetinary puroposes. To administer medicines to animals without getting bitten! I have seen larger and similar examples such as this which are used for horses & cattle.

January 11, 2012 at 12:04 pm

(11) Tami says:

Looks like the wine opener you can still buy today, along with it to be able to open bottles also.

January 11, 2012 at 3:29 pm

(12) Sukhmandir Kaur says:

Bottle opener, Remember when these were called “church keys”

January 11, 2012 at 4:55 pm

(13) Ardith Zultz says:

It looks like a bottle opener to me.

January 11, 2012 at 5:00 pm

(14) Keith says:

The yoke at the top does look like a “church key” bottle opener. The beveled spot at the inside base of the oval would fit under the edge of a bottle cap.

January 11, 2012 at 8:06 pm

(15) jenet says:

Definitly it is a wind-up tool for fish cans and other similar cans to open them up

January 11, 2012 at 11:39 pm

(16) Kathy Thomas says:

I don’t know what it is; but I know it isn’t a can opening key. at 4.5″ it is much to large. Besides, there is no slit for the metal strip to fit into.

January 11, 2012 at 11:57 pm

(17) Bonnie says:

I believe it to be a winding key for a can of “Spam”

January 12, 2012 at 10:57 am

(18) sue says:

Definitely a wine opener as described above!

January 15, 2012 at 1:44 am

(19) ray says:

bottle opener and shoe horn

January 16, 2012 at 9:14 am

(20) cathy says:

child’s scissors

January 17, 2012 at 9:03 am

(21) Brandi says:

It’s a bottle opener, plus wine key, the bottom portion should slip off exposing two prongs.