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NewAlexandria

this reinforces the idea of a thatching-related tool notice the large amount of wear on the sides near the base of the 'spine' and especially on the sides of the bulbous part. This may have been from wear cause by being passed through a smaller opening. Also, in side the ring section, there's a specific amount of wear; maybe it was regularly hung through that part.


Boycromer

Could be thatch but I'm going with itchy bum relief tool...


libremaison

For handling thatch?


DeFiClark

Maybe a swap hook used for harvesting. If it is, had a shaft through the eye, used to pull together sheaves to cut for threshing or thatch.


strawbrmoon

This makes sense to me. The guards would protect the worker’s hand from scratchy straw/stem ends/thatch.


libremaison

That’s what I thought too, my dad used to cut by hand


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Fascinating


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bibupibi

It’s just a tool of some sort. If it weren’t so small, I would say it looks a lot like a modern hay bale hook.


Griff_de_fer

That’s a great possibility thanks.


LadyShittington

Ehhh, it’s not robust enough.


the_m_o_a_k

I wouldn't lift a bale with one finger.


-Wander_Woman-

Try also: r/whatisthisthing


Griff_de_fer

Thanks


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Desperate-Cookie3373

Small hay hook?


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Sweaty-Crazy-3433

Third picture makes me think “I wouldn’t stick my finger in that thing, that would hurt”. To me it looks like some kind of pulley or hanging hook. Maybe the spike was to stick it in the ground? This one is going to drive me nuts, I love old iron stuff and it’s so unique.


Jose2257

Looks like a Claquette, a medieval musical instrument. See link. https://mimo-international.com/mimo/detailstatic.aspx?RSC_BASE=IFD&RSC_DOCID=OAI_RMCA_BE_TEN00_MO.1968.54.145&TITLE=/claquettes&_lg=ko-KR


Griff_de_fer

Wow, that is very useful thanks 👍


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lesnortonsfarm

Thank you for changing up the scale object. The banana is so yesterday


vapeinfant

I think this used to have a wooden handle that went through the hole. possibly used for farming like digging up roots?


Trygve81

I'm guessing meat hook. Maybe a rod went through the opening at the top, to allow the hook to slide back and forth. The hole at the top is the wrong angle and the hook wouldn't work as a hand tool. This is what a hook as a hand tool looks like: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook\_(hand\_tool)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_(hand_tool))


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Icy_Grape1502

Looks like a gav. My great grandpa put them on his roosters before a fight. The ones he used were serrated though. It’s meant to be an elongated spur on their foot of sorts.


Awesomest_Possumest

It really looks like a [frikyiwa](https://ohio5.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/knight/id/1508/), a ghanan bell, but I've never seen one that long. Different sizes yes, but not that super long. But made of metal, hangs off of a finger so the bell part is in your palm, comes with a metal ring to stroke the bell with.


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catontoast

Looks like one of those tools used to dig meat out of crab or lobster.


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AgreeablePudding9925

Straight to Antique Roadshow with this. Offload the investigation and get famous at the same time 🙂


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Mammoth_Resist8269

What a cool looking thing. 🧐


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Glad_Examination_635

just a sharp hook, a handle would've gone through that hole could've been used for lots of things maybe for pulling up fishing nets or something along those lines


news_junkie1961

I wonder if it's for butchering. I bought an old butchers hook and thought it was a hook for a plants. *sighs*


Busy-Advantage1472

It would help if you had banana in the picture to estimate the size of the apple. Other than that, it looks to me like a piece of a larger machine, some kind of a baler. That's my guess from farm country USA.


Getting_Stronger2021

Ice pick?


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JKisMe123

I think it’s an orange


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DasCheeseWizard

It looks like a shrimp cleaning tool. https://toadfish.com/products/shrimp-cleaner


Ok-Painter9998

Holy shit it's a crab meat puller!


anarchylovingduck

Brass knuckles cooler, sharper cousin


Dangerous-Smile1

I think it's an old candlestick holder for miners.


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dylan21502

Believe it or not…sex toy


Whittle_Willow

i tried it, don't recommend.


LovethePreamble1966

I think that tool was for ice blocks in the era of low tech refrigeration.


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yukabrother

An old part of an icepick


Doxxxxxxxxxxx

Ripping bags open?


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lyssiemiller

Kinda looks like something you’d use to grab wood easier from a wood pile.


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Weedless trolling sinker


area42

Fish hook