i'm puzzled by this one.

Need a picture of the other side too.

looks like a wagon step   bob w.

If the holes are different sizes, it may be a cutter of some sort. Maybe for wire or rod.
We need more pictures!

thanx all, ... we're not likely to get more pictures
it's form a friend elsewhere in the country

@bob amertrac, ... if ti is a wagon step, you would say the pivoting piece is to clear mud from the drain holes?

Some kind of rope making tool? Hard to tell without seeing the other side...

Quote from: rusty on November 02, 2011, 09:09:25 PM

Some kind of rope making tool? Hard to tell without seeing the other side...

that's what first occurred to me

or a barb-wire twisting tool, but the action of the pivoting piece doesn't seem like it would accomplish any braiding or twisting

i do wish i had more pictures, ... but maybe that's part of the fun

when the right person sees it, ... bam!
they won't need another view

Is it a carpet stretcher? Shoot, at first I thought it was off a piece of farm equipment. Maybe it's "off a windmill" It sure ain't ON a windmill!

Quote from: rusty on November 02, 2011, 09:09:25 PM
Some kind of rope making tool? Hard to tell without seeing the other side...

Pretty much impossible to tell without seeing the other side, since it looks like that's where the work happens. 

I think we're looking at a lever rather than a crank handle, and I think the holes are decorative.  It either pulls something or compresses something.   That puts it in league with a bottle capper or a bottle corker-- seems to be the right size.

I thought I had seen one of these before, so went out & did some digging around. Came up with this same item. Bougth it at old farm museum auction about a yr. ago. The measurement are for the front half 15 1/4" tall ...width is 6" all the hole diameters are 1/2". The back is flat with a couple of raised round places about an 16th" The part no. on the front half is Y7DC. The back half is 12 1/4" tall & is T shaped the width is 4 1/2" part no. Y6 it is all made out of cast iron. I am trying to get some help with pic's. So will post them soon I hope.

Quote from: rudeawakening55 on November 03, 2011, 09:42:34 AM. I am trying to get some help with pic's. So will post them soon I hope.

if you need help in knowing how to get them off your camera, onto your computer, and uploaded to the web,
i can probably help, if there isn't already a tutorial on this site.
let me know.

there's a couple of us waiting for your pics! thanks

I bet it is a nut cracker.

Everytime we can't figure out what it is, it turns out to be a nut cracker.

I'm just saying....

Quote from: rusty on November 03, 2011, 04:41:49 PM

I bet it is a nut cracker.

Everytime we can't figure out what it is, it turns out to be a nut cracker.

I'm just saying....

kinda like, ... all tools are hammers ... except screwdrivers, which are chisels

Quote from: boki-san on November 03, 2011, 05:02:41 PM
kinda like, ... all tools are hammers ... except screwdrivers, which are chisels

Wow, Boki-San, you catch on quick!  Obviously belong here!

I finally figured it out,   It's a Christian  circumciser  ;-)     Look at it closely,  but it looks like it needs sharpening too.