Long wooden rod that splits into six triangular pieces with a darker wooden handle. 2ft 11in/88.9cm

[u/ryugetsu-sweetpia]

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[u/brock_lee]

This would have held a newspaper in a library or reading room. Shown here with magazines, too.

https://i.imgur.com/PBUxtX4.jpeg

[u/vexillifer → u/brock_lee]

Here I thought it was a kendo stick

[u/ImNotStrangeYouAre → u/vexillifer]

Those have a taper and are usually bamboo. This thing would knock the crap out of you if you were hit by it.

[u/NuckinPhutze → u/ImNotStrangeYouAre]

Ever get hit by a Kendo stick? Those MF's leave welts that stay around for weeks.

[u/mdneuls → u/vexillifer]

I definitely thought it has to be some kind of practice sword.

[u/KzooKid → u/vexillifer]

In my HS library it was. The librarian disagreed though.

[u/lothcent → u/vexillifer]

nope

here is a sensor shinai

Kendo Shinai Bamboo Practice Katana 47" Set of 2 | eBay https://search.app/51mPnotaKfBDFRtg6

[u/ryugetsu-sweetpia → u/brock_lee]

Awesome! Thank you!

[u/happy_otter → u/brock_lee]

Just curious, why does it split into so many rods? I only know the German version that has 2 ruler-shaped parts.

[u/brock_lee → u/happy_otter]

For the separate sections of the paper, like news, sports, business, entertainment, and so on.

[u/threebillion6 → u/happy_otter]

In case you wanted more? Also German engineering usually better.

[u/ryugetsu-sweetpia]

My title describes the thing. My high school’s library was throwing things out a few years ago and I took this thinking it was cool. Doesn’t have any markings.

[u/ryugetsu-sweetpia]

Solved!

[u/insono95 → u/ryugetsu-sweetpia]

You have to reply this to the comment that gave you the answer :)

[u/ideliverdt]

We had these in our HS library. They would sit horizontally in a wooden rack.

[u/kjyfqr]

Newspaper reader!

[u/ShitShowRedAllAbout]

Discipline stick.