Looks similar to devices I’ve seen for chopping straw or material like it. Rural Museums Network might be able to confirm.

 

 

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Bristol Culture

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I am currently on holiday in Ireland. This is on display in a local pub. Does anyone know what it is? (I’ve already pestered the locals!) It has a clamp at the bottom to fix it to a bench or table, scissor/cutters to the right and a turned piece of wood about the size of a small chair leg off to the right.

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