fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 What, how & when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 early bbq? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog8811 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 In the scheme of things the "handle" is small so I am guessing this is designed for quite light work...... what work I have no idea at present, I shall ponder.... *Edit* Something a bomb aimer would use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 early bbq? Phew that's a relief I was afraid someone was going to get it in one. Nope not cooking related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 In the scheme of things the "handle" is small so I am guessing this is designed for quite light work...... what work I have no idea at present, I shall ponder.... *Edit* Something a bomb aimer would use? Nope not for aiming anything (bombs, sausages etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog8811 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I have had a look at what is on the back of the page...... I think it is a painting mask for hinges :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I have had a look at what is on the back of the page...... I think it is a painting mask for hinges :-\ I can really see the brain cogs going round at full speed.:-D Good detective work but the thing overleaf is not part of this thing. The painting idea is ingenious but not correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XWDV8 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 is this item flat or round ? is it some thing to do with the RAF ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Are you going to give a clue as to the materials used in the gadget? Reminds me very much of an Equine sweat scraper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Ok more clues. Predominantly made of wood & not RAF or equine. Has another handle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Not a device for handeling live cables is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Not a device for handeling live cables is it? Nope Tony I think the rubber studs misled you maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 the lower rubber stud is for when the flap is dropped down, could it be a hand held sign, perhaps for traffic control? By opening the flap it reveals an instruction maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 the lower rubber stud is for when the flap is dropped down, Yes could it be a hand held sign, perhaps for traffic control? By opening the flap it reveals an instruction maybe? Nope but getting very very warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Nope but getting very very warm. Gas warning perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Gas warning perhaps? Not specified as that but might could always have been adapted for that maybe perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex5 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Signalling device? Lower the flap to reveal a coloured panel for sending morse code? (Going to make your arms tired very quickly!) John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Anything to do with firing ranges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Signalling device? Lower the flap to reveal a coloured panel for sending morse code?(Going to make your arms tired very quickly!) John Yes John it is indeed well done. I thought Richard was going to get there, but you pipped him at the post.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Anything to do with firing ranges? Not specifically. But anyone got a date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Not specifically. But anyone got a date? WW1, sometime after 1911 (since it's not mentioned in the 1907 (updated with amendments to May 1911) but does appear in the 1915 (provisional) edition and again in the 1917 version with different wording (claiming it's recently proved of much value). I'd say "early WW1" when static warfare set in and anyone waving a flag from behind cover would have a very short military career indeed. Chris. (And if I'd seen this when you'd first posted it it would have been a very short competition.) :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Your illustration appears to be from Page 231 of Signal Training Part I (1917) 40/War Office/3631, Price 6d net. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 Yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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