Some trivia facts on that tooth key, while we wait for the next "Mysterious Miscellaneous Tool" picture.

A high quality c. 1850 antique dental toothkey marked: H. HERNSTEIN. This handsome dental antique has an exaggerated dog-leg shaft and a removable rotating and reversible fulcrum that allows the claw to be adjusted to whatever tooth is to be extracted. The handle is checked-coromandel. At 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) long, this is relatively large toothkey. The dental and surgical instrument maker Hermann Hernstein was active in New York City from 1843 to 1861.

That thing must have been used back in the day of whiskey for anesthetic.

Lynn, thanks to you, I got it, but if you have something ready, go ahead. I have something in mind, but don't have my camera with me. I'll take a picture Wednesday night.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Dental torture device? Yikes!

Tooth extractor?

Yes, it is a tooth extractor. I give you the win for that, however back in the days it was used, it was called a "tooth key".

Lynn was close, but you grabbed the win in the end by saying what it was used for.

Your turn!!

PM coming.

Dental torture device? Yikes!

Tooth extractor?

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

That handle looks too nice to have been used outside, and the teeth look like they need to grab into something, which I thought Byron was on the right track with, but I'm going out on a limb and say a printing press crank?

That's as wrong as any of the other suggestions, but as a clue, you used one word in your guess, that could lead to the right answer...

Something to do with trees?

No, Lynn is on the right track though....

antique dental tool

Yes, that is right Lynn, but to get the win, you need to answer the initial questions:
"What is the name of this tool then, and what is it used for?"

That handle looks too nice to have been used outside, and the teeth look like they need to grab into something, which I thought Byron was on the right track with, but I'm going out on a limb and say a printing press crank?

That's as wrong as any of the other suggestions, but as a clue, you used one word in your guess, that could lead to the right answer...

Something to do with trees?

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

antique dental tool

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My first thought was of the awning crank used by Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street, but it doesn't really seem right.

Boy, that brings back memories...

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

My first thought was of the awning crank used by Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street, but it doesn't really seem right.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

That handle looks too nice to have been used outside, and the teeth look like they need to grab into something, which I thought Byron was on the right track with, but I'm going out on a limb and say a printing press crank?

That's as wrong as any of the other suggestions, but as a clue, you used one word in your guess, that could lead to the right answer...

Used for cooking?

No, not anything to do with cooking.

That handle looks too nice to have been used outside, and the teeth look like they need to grab into something, which I thought Byron was on the right track with, but I'm going out on a limb and say a printing press crank?

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Used for cooking?

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

@Byron: Not a rope making tool.
@Chris: Right, it is not used today, it's from circa 1850. At least not in the developed parts of the world. It might still be used though, in other parts of the world.

Looks Victorian or Edwardian, lovely wooden handle. Obviously nor used for its task today.

Rope making tool used for making rope.

OK then, here we go.
What is the name of this tool then, and what is it used for?

The Packard Fourth Series Six Model 426 Runabout (Roadster), 1927, was well known for confusing people!

That's the last time I trust something that's written on a forum LOL, thought it was a windshield repairer for a Packard 1927:))

Pm sent...

Yes, never trust what you read on a forum, even those who seems to know what they talk about, are often wrong. :-)

I'll have to wait until tomorrow evening before I have the time to post something mysterious.