Hmmmmm???
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I'm pretty good at figurin what things are--BUT--this one has me bamboozled!! Any takers????? LOL------No sharp edges--might be a shoe-horn!!!!!!!!!!! quadruple LOL
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- tsb
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Probably a pot lifter when making soap or scrapple.
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The handle is very similar to a log peavey. I have a couple from my father's stuff.....so I'm guessing a logging tool.
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Pretty heavy duty. I think D-frost is right or close. I think its for some type of leverage. Looks blacksmith made. Thats my guesses.
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That was my initial guess D--God knows I got my share of can't hooks--old & newer--it has no sharper tip on the hook so it would do no more then drag across the bark. T's thought makes a lil more sense although you'd think there would be a lil tit on the end so the pot handle wouldn't slip off--like I said, I'm pretty good identifying this old stuff--BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL Yes W, definitely hand hammered. I'm gonna take it around to some of the OLD guys here on the hill--Damn--wait--I am the only OLD guy left here on the hill--who-da-thunk!!
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Googled antique logging tools and it showed up about 1/2 page down on images.
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Yup, I found it too, but couldn't find a name for it. Looks like something the old riverjacks would use to separate logs that were floated down a river. One sure way to ID it is to contact the curator at the Patten lumberman's museum in Patten, Maine.
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I saw them use something looking like that on This Old House. For debarking logs I believe.
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Thanx for the comebacks guys--definetly a loggin tool--I'm gonna run with Jim's suggestion about the Patten lumbermen's museum. Others were good thoughts also. Tried the e-mail I thought was on their web-site to no availe!! Soooo, I tried callin to see if they have e- mail & send pix.--hmmmm, closed Mondays!! LOL Will try tomorrow. Again--thanx.
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One more guess. Used to fish chain under a log.
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Fred where did you find that??? You know what that is…think for a moment. A Bigfoot tooth puller!!! Lol!!! Looking forward to what the museum says. My guess would be a lever to engage a old saw mill on the farm.
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Damn T--why the hell didn't I think of that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL Will do. ts, I still think she'd need that lil tit on the end piece to hook the chain. BUT, might just be. Time will tell
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At the start of this video you will see one on the left when it starts in this collection of debarking tools.
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Fred, I fiddled around on the computer this AM & believe I discovered the mystery tool's identity. An antique "bark spud". Or bark peeling spud.
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