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Title: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: hippysilverware on November 07, 2016, 05:41:05 PM: Perfect place!

I know so little about tools, but I've been scouring the internet and browsing through photos - farm tools, wood working tools. I have no idea what this is!! If anyone could give me any ideas I would be eternally grateful.
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: Papaw on November 07, 2016, 10:30:00 PM: Looks like a home-made apparatus to me. Function? I don't have a clue.
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: lebaron on November 08, 2016, 11:09:06 AM: Looks like the front half of a shoe. Can't really tell if its left or right. Better picture might help.
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: Bill Houghton on November 08, 2016, 01:45:21 PM: Quote from: lebaron on November 08, 2016, 11:09:06 AM
Looks like the front half of a shoe. Can't really tell if its left or right. Better picture might help.
And a buncha gravel - even with my old eyes, I can tell it's gravel.

That is an odd piece of iron and/or steel. Clearly, it bolted to something, but to what, and what the bird's beak did to further the American dream - no idea.
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: hippysilverware on November 10, 2016, 04:17:25 AM: Heh, sorry for the shoe...

If it's possible I'll try to get some better shots of it this weekend. It /was/ home made, that much they could tell, but neither of them seemed to know what it did either. My online searches aren't pulling up much.

Thank you for taking stabs at it!
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: john k on November 10, 2016, 07:29:24 PM: Okay it is old, and blacksmith made. You can tell by the hand forged nut, and marks on the looped looking part. Almost looks like a stamping behind the bird beak area? The threaded shaft looks like it could have been bolted into a beam. And the rusty pin behind the bird beak, could have held a lever. Use, no idea, throwing a ruler in there would help some. Interesting.
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: bill300d on November 10, 2016, 08:51:38 PM: I think your on the right path john k.
Put another threaded rod on that other pin and it could have been a handle for a gate or door.
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: wvtools on November 11, 2016, 08:30:57 AM: I am thinking some kind of sawmill log dog.
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: Nolatoolguy on November 12, 2016, 07:14:29 PM: I've seen a lot of what is questions here, but this one is hard. Honestly I couldn't think of what it could be.

Sure am curious thoe.
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: turnnut on November 12, 2016, 08:35:44 PM: yes, a few more views of that may help..

until then, all I could think of is it is a thingamajig to help with the whatchamacallit when performing
the whattheheckamIdoing task for unowho.
Title: Re: What is this? Or what did it belong to?
Post by: Chillylulu on November 25, 2016, 09:58:05 PM: Quote from: turnnut on November 12, 2016, 08:35:44 PM
yes, a few more views of that may help..

until then, all I could think of is it is a thingamajig to help with the whatchamacallit when performing
the whattheheckamIdoing task for unowho.
+1
Its a good one, too.

Chilly