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Post by bruker » Sun. Apr. 10, 2022 8:56 pm

Several years ago I found this item in the bottom of a box stuff that I picked up at an auction. Anyone here know what it's used for? It's made of steel and is about 3-3/4" long and 1-3/4" wide.

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Post by McGiever » Sun. Apr. 10, 2022 9:55 pm

To me it looks to be some kind of early hitch. But purely a guess. 🧐

 
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Post by Richard S. » Sun. Apr. 10, 2022 10:16 pm

It's a piece of metal on a plastic bucket, I'm a goddamn genius. LOL

As another guess some kind of rope or chain binding.

 
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Post by rberq » Sun. Apr. 10, 2022 11:35 pm

Richard S. wrote:
Sun. Apr. 10, 2022 10:16 pm
some kind of rope or chain binding.
Couple of countersunk holes as if it should be screwed into wood, maybe into a wooden lever at right angles so it could be rotated. The two hooks at one end with a slot between, so with the hooks at the top it could be shoved against a horizontal cable and rotated to hook it in place, Then hang something from the single hook, like a cured ham or half a cow. But that doesn't account for the hooks/channels on the sides where it looks like more ropes or cables should run.

Well that's the product of my imagination, but the explanation doesn't hold up very well.
Number 23 stamped on it makes me think there are other sizes available. Maybe if we had a 1890 Sears Roebuck catalog we could find it.


 
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Post by Richard S. » Sun. Apr. 10, 2022 11:49 pm

rberq wrote:
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Couple of countersunk holes as if it should be screwed into wood,
That's what it looks like but that larger hole is also beveled.

 
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Post by bruker » Mon. Apr. 11, 2022 7:00 am

Richard S. wrote:
Sun. Apr. 10, 2022 10:16 pm
It's a piece of metal on a plastic bucket, I'm a goddamn genius. LOL

As another guess some kind of rope or chain binding.
Hey genius it's a Cool Whip container not a bucket. :)

It's only 3-3/4" long but the hooks definately do look like wire or small rope could be woven around it.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Mon. Apr. 11, 2022 7:15 am

Looks like a part to a farm implement.

 
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Post by artbaldoni » Mon. Apr. 11, 2022 12:17 pm

An old fencing/wire wrapping tool?


 
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Post by warminmn » Mon. Apr. 11, 2022 5:47 pm

Chastity belt tightener?

Close anyway... some device to hold leather straps in different angles. Thats my guess.

 
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Post by Richard S. » Mon. Apr. 11, 2022 6:04 pm

warminmn wrote:
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Chastity belt tightener?
That might be the best guess yet, When I said binder previously I was thinking along the lines of something that held the rope. However if you put a rope or ropes through those four hooks on the one end it could be spun to tighten them. The large hole in the middle could accommodate a shaft to put more leverage on it to tighten. The two hooks on the other end could be used for another rope which itself would be tightened.

 
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Post by Benny » Tue. Apr. 12, 2022 5:24 am

Awning rope binder, maybe?

 
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Post by waytomany?s » Wed. Apr. 13, 2022 7:33 pm

How'd you find my belt buckle way out there?

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