What is this?

Picked a bunch of items today and the guy threw in one of these. It’s C broad arrow marked but I don’t know what it is lol[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I thought it was a plumb bob but there seems to be no place to attach a string.

I had thought that too, there’s a shallow groove at the top of it that may have worked. The guy I picked it up from had 6 of them in different styles.
I got it for free as a throw in with the other stuff I bought.
I took it as a curiosity.

What's it made of? Looks somewhere between wood and rubber/plastic. It also looks like it's made in two parts given the joint just below the wide end. Does the 'cap' open or screw off?

Could it be a wedge for the splicing of wire rope on board a ship.....
There would be a set of different sizes, lengths and widths.....

Mike

It is one piece of solid wood. Nothing spins off or moves at all.
The guy said he was told it was from a war game set or RCAF table like with the plane models on it showing positions.

That is an odd piece...glad I'm not the only one who finds them

I believe it may be something called a Turnpin. It was used by plumbers to splay one pipe open so it would fit a connecting section of pipe. I think they where used on lead and copper piping. I tried a google search that pulls up images which look very similar.

All the best,

Ypres