Tool Talk
Blacksmith and Metal Working Forum => Blacksmith and Metalworking Forum => Topic started by: john k on October 31, 2012, 06:54:41 PM
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Here is a forged hay hook I hammered out in September. Not a lot of need for these now with the big bales and such. But have found a few old farmers like to hang one up on the wall. Done on a coal fire, the point is reduced by hammer, no grinding.
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Good looking functional hook! Good point and curve. I've made a couple myself -- they're still useful at reenactments and other events where they use hay bales for seating and such. The old bales are what I most commonly see out here in California. Learned how to use one of these hooks to snap the baling wire when I was about 12. Haven't had to do that in a long time.