Looks like a layo to catch meddlers.
To be serious for a moment, I'm willing to stick my neck out and say categorically it's a Dingsbums (manufacturer undetermined).
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
Looks like a bifurcated trunnion, NOT. Don't know but it looks like it could be some sort of clamp used to join two poles together. Might fit around the ends of two poles lengthwise, then secured in place with set screws. Or maybe it's the world's ugliest pinky ring.
I think same.
Except one needs to have grooves made on the pinky so that the ring does not slip off.
PS. Were there set screws in the bottom of the bag? (two, at least)
The inner diameter looks like being about 3/4 inch, barring the lack of scale.
AliciaMW32 wrote:
Sorry if I am being inappropriate but I'm pretty sure that might be a cock ring...i could be totally fuking wrong and that would be embarrassing but it makes sense to me...
And this was the responders very first post! I look forward to more insightful comments from AliciaMW32. It was the best guess so far.
BamaTexan wrote:
I think it is a nogglerod bearing!
The amolide fracture diffuser issuedfor mini cams
Thanks for my morning laugh, BamaTexan.
Robertl594
Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket
That’s a gazonta! Haven’t seen one in years!
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
Any respectable ham radio operator knows this is a modification of the dreaded Wouff-Hong.
Dwiggy wrote:
I found this in an old photo bag and I don't know what it is. It looks like a clamp for a light or tripod. It has a screw that opens the clamp/round part. It has rubber grippers inside of the round part. No writing on it at all...no identification. Thanks for your help.
It's a clamp that goes around a lens where the focus ring is so that you can change focus while doing video in LiveView modes.
Or it's a clamp for a lens that you can attach a lens foot to.
Any Navy Veterans out there should recognize that as a Shoreline Extender.
Leitz wrote:
Can you find a photographer to take some detailed pictures of it?
Way to start the New Year.
I think it might be a piston slapback spring clamp.
While the responses you’ve received are funny, except for one biting comment, they don’t offer much in the way of assistance. At least part of the problem is the shots you provide. Help us by imparting a sense of scale. Looking at your photos, we have no idea how large or how small the item is. When I had a pacemaker put in, I took a photo of one and used a penny to tell viewers the size.
People know how large a penny is, so as my photo shows they had a good sense (;-) of the device’s size.
Secondly, get some more light on your subject. Your images are too dark, and the viewer can’t ge a good idea what you’re showing.
I hope this helps. I’m curious myself.
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