Unknown vintage object...can anyone help id it? :0)

[poppinlockin]

Does anyone know what this is ? I think it is some kind of display stand for something sporty. It says on the label '.......sports'

[kopenhagen5]

Well it has a pic of a ski pole on it. So I would guess to store or hang a pair of ski boots. Or perhaps both skis and boots.

[mtnlane]

That is a ski pole or stock on the label.

Ski Sports?

Doubt it helps identify the object though 😞

[poppinlockin]

ohhhhh yes your so right. silly me i didn't see the ski pole....i used to go to the strand arcade when it was very nice and lots of old shops there...now most of the old businesses have left. Thanks for your help :0)

[poppinlockin]

I think it must have been a display stand in a store as i know the Strand Arcade in Sydney

[lakeland27]

i think its used to prevent wooden ski's warping when not in use, like this tennis racquet clamp 221005173350 does for racquets.

[siddieswans]

You could try emailing a pic to these people http://www.vintageskiworld.com/ - they have a fun range of vintage / antique ski gear, as the name suggests.

[siddieswans]

Googling tells me that Ski Sports 3rd Floor, Strand Arcade George St Sydney was around in the the early 1960's - proprietor was Carl Raymond.

[lakeland27]

there is a product there s swans on the vintage ski world site.

'Vintage Ski Press'

"FITS ALL TYPES OF SKI TIPS" - or so the box claims. This Ski Press & Spreader Set was popular from the 1940's until the mid 1960's when the metal, fiber glass and wood composite skis became the norm. The new skis did not need to be clamped or tension held in the tips, which made this product obsolete.  Naturally avid skiers would want their wooden skis kept mint condition throughout all of the years of use.  So it was important to have this product that held both the camber and the splay in the ski tips.  This was especially true for those owning Norwegian skis (pointed tip skis), as the splay was a crucial part of the ski. The directions for this set are quite complex for ski clamps. Original 1940’s ski clamps in their boxes.  The conditions of some boxes vary, but all are in good condition.

[not_an_eloi]

strand arcade was destroyed by a flamin' great fire in 1977,  what's there now is a re-built restoration

"Devastating Fire, 1977
Since the war and during the fifties the arcade has become quite run down. In 1974 it was given an "A" classification by the National trust and bought by the Prudential who begun restoration work. However, at 3.00am on the morning of May the 25th 1976, a fire broke out. Twelve fire crews fought the blaze for hours but the arcade was left in ruins.

The painstaking process of rebuilding and restoration began again until, in 1977 it was ready for a fashion parade. Against the Victorian backdrop, models, dressed in the latest 70s fashions, paraded to the delight of shoppers and guests. The show was spectacular: harem pants, smocks, dirndl dresses and scarves, cowboy shirts, lots of stripes and spots and "fuschia, fuschia, fuschia." The future of the arcade was looking rosy."

http://www.strandarcade.com.au/About-Strand/

wot's the length of that item, OP.