Here's Another - What's This?

[cabinetman]

Got another easy one. What is this called, and what's it used for?
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[Tom Slick]

a Gimlet is used to make a starter hole for screws.

it is also used for puncturing the powder charge and inserting a fuse in a cannon


waaaay too easy

[crokett]

I think it looks like a bottle opener/corkscrew. A gimlet is also a drink, which shows where my mind is.

[big tim]

I'm with Tom.
Used to own one.

Tim

[TheRic]

I'm with Tom.
Used to own one.

Tim

You use to put fuses in cannons??

[Zenaca]

I have one of those i use it to start small screw holes in finicky wood.


Bud

[Stytooner]

It's a Jew's Harp, but the twanger is missing.

[gerti]

Aber das ist natürlich ein Vorbohrer!

And now I know the English term for it to, thanks! Used to have one in my starter toolbox I got as a kid.

[Uncle Cracker]

Used to have a starter like that... Came from some old tools I inherited from Gramps. It had a more conventional wooden handle, though.