Follow up to "What are these sticks?"

[voodoopenguin]

michaelb wrote:
Since we failed you (for possibly the very first time), how did you arrive at this answer?

I've been a regular at an auction house for a few years and was there today buying old toys (my hobby). I took along the sticks and asked one of the antique experts who immediately showed me how to use them. Once I knew what they were I could look it up on the internet and find out more, I just didn't have the right words to put into Google before.

Failing? Yes, I suppose it was one of the very few times a correct answer wasn't given to a query, certainly the first I can remember. I still love it here though!!

Paul