Is it a frame for a kayak sprayskirt?
Guess that mysterious item
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It's a monocle for Cylon raiders with vision problems.
I have worn a skirt like that. Last time I did I drank way too much (of the Ottawa River, in flood).
Fordfather is almost dead on, so I will give it to him. The device is called an Overthruster. It is meant to add/retain extra volume in the cockpit area of a whitewater kayak. This sits on the top if the cockpit rim, and the skirt goes over it. One of the newer moves in whitewater freestyle is the "loop", which is a forward flip initiated by driving the bow of the kayak into oncoming water and having it pop back up. Older boats did not need as much volume around the cockpit, and the skirt would be simply stretched down witth the force of the water, further reducing it. The Overthruster was invented to help retain that volume and get extra pop. Newer boats have more volume distributed around the cockpit and probably do not need an Overthruster. It is a rarther obscure one trick pony.
Yes, just an earlier version. Made out of polycarbonate.
I will gladly pass to the first brother to post a pic.
A machine to card or clean and align wool fibers.
Looks like a spokeshave?
Not a spokeshave.
looks like a woodworking tool or maybe a farm tool?
It is for shaving down the thickness of a leather strap to a uniform size.
No, but it does help to keep something uniform.
It looks like a sharpening guide for something. Maybe a chisel, or a plane blade?
Bones59 has it! A honing guide.
OK Gents, and Ladies. I know some people on this forum has used this. Good luck and thanks for playing!
A clamp for fly-tying?
No, but that's a good guess.
We have a winner! It's an adjustable creaser used to put a line parallel to the edge. I suppose you could make "parallel lines" with it if you were careful. your up DavidFS
Good observation. It does indeed.
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