What is it?

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Originally Posted by scifan57

How about the Monkey's Fist knot,used as the weighted end of a heaving line.

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Yes. Spot on so far.
And? (see my post half a dozen or so back with edits of the original questions)

Another:

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Originally Posted by Richard Brown

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Giggling...!

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Originally Posted by stranding

Nope.
You could check out the IGKT Website.
(Extra info that's correct will gather ye brownie points, to be exchanged later in heaven.)

Here's what I asked for:

What is this?
What is it's name? (the object)
Where would it traditionally be found? (both the the rope and this made-up object)
Who would originally have been most likely to have made it? (you have the first person who made the rope but what about the next maker?)
What is the stuff it's made of?

For an extra bonus prize, what is the stuff inside it?

And I really want some indication of what the traditional use was, as well as the contemporary use of this particular object.

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The rope itself was made by a rope maker in a ropewalk.It's a heaving line made with Sisal rope,usually by a sailor or seaman. It would traditionally be found on board a ship,probably in the bosuns locker.The heaving lines we used in the navy had a lead weight inside the knot,enabling the line to be tossed a for greater distance.

BTW,your first few pictures were so tightly framed that it was impossible to tell that they were pictures of a knot,let alone what kind of knot.

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Originally Posted by scifan57

The rope itself was made by a rope maker in a ropewalk.It's a heaving line made with Sisal rope,usually by a sailor or seaman. It would traditionally be found on board a ship,probably in the bosuns locker.The heaving lines we used in the navy had a lead weight inside the knot,enabling the line to be tossed a for greater distance.

BTW,your first few pictures were so tightly framed that it was impossible to tell that they were pictures of a knot,let alone what kind of knot.

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Excellent! Enough brownie points to exchange for several harps, I reckon. Depends on the going rate at that time...

My cropped pictures--that was deliberate :-) I don't give stuff away free without a struggle! And I notice that neither does anyone else posting here. ( I would have known this one.......:-) )

Yes, correct filler inside--a scrap piece of lead, wound round with scrap yarn to form a decently rounded sphere of the right size (the last is much more crucial than one might imagine).

This one, however, would be too big & heavy to use as a heaving line aboard ship. Guess the present use?
Here it is in full: this one has a slight alteration from the traditional, a loop instead of a plain single line emerging.

Have the questions ceased? Are you going to declare a winner? BTW,I'm not going to answer that last question.

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Originally Posted by scifan57

Have the questions ceased? Are you going to declare a winner? BTW,I'm not going to answer that last question.

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It was made to be a doorstop. It's an ideal size & weight & easy to move about with the loop handle.
That was just an extra question so no need to answer.

Yes, you are the winner, over to you.

What is this? What is the circled area in the second photo and what is it used for?

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The device is optical in nature.

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Originally Posted by scifan57

What is this? What is the circled area in the second photo and what is it used for?

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Since no more-savvy people have yet arisen, I will jump in with complete ignorance. So, thinking aloud:

Old. Brass, some of it, not sure of the material of the rest. The body section seen on the right covered with leather or substitute. The most obvious answer would be an old camera of some sort. The left hand tubular section can probably be revolved to move left/right, poss. focussing a lens? The circled area looks like a cut-out window showing a number which could indicate the number of photos left on the film.
I am usually way off beam with these so probably am with this one.