handyman's handkerchief
A snot rocket. When in the absence of a tissue or handkerchief you pinch your nostrils together and exhale through the nose sharply to blast the snot out forcefully. A technique employed by working men of all types and kinds, worldwide, but known especially to the elite corps that we know as handymen.
"Don't touch that trailer hitch. The old man's handyman's handkerchief went all over the gatt-dang thing. "