Any ideas on whatzit or era?

[Bushido Dude]

You know the name of the game.......an approx date would be cool too, all conjecture welcome.

 

[Noodle]

a handle to a tool; hatchet? ax? Age? Probably less than 50 years? Need more details, please...

 

[ivan salis]

looks like it could be a wooden handled fork or spoon- 2 brass rivet design type ( civil warish era forks were made this way but so were more modern ones as well so hard to say really )-- a bit of info on area found at and items found with it might help shead a bit of light on it .--anything marked near the wood base on the metal?

 

[timekiller]

looks like it could be a wooden handled fork or spoon (maybe civil warish era but hard to say really )-- a bit of info on area found at amd items found with it might help shead a bit of light on it .--anything marked near the wood base on the metal?

Yup! Vintage though don't think it's to old!

 

[Bushido Dude]

oops sorry forgot to give that info...found next to a cellar hole in upstate ny, dates back to a squatter farm but could be anywhere between 1780 and 1900. The property is on the 1868 beers map but not the 1930 usgs so i assume it was abandoned before then. That and the large oak tree going in the middle of the cellar hole would indicate to me that its been abandoned for at least 90+ years. Was a small farm, one small house, one small barn. A lot of horseshoes on the property, and tons of harmonica reeds. Only one coin so far 1888 IH around 9-10 inches deep by the barn foundation. Any other questions let me know.

 

[ivan salis]

hamonicas were highly popular during the civil war era and later postwar era -- with calvary and cowboy types due to the fact they were eazy to carry and not too costly and simple to learn to play.

very wild azz guess civil war to say 1900 most likely

with lots of horse shoes and harmonica reeds beening found plus it being shown on a 1868 map * -- there is excellent chance that civil war calvary troops might have been around what to me seems to be a "horse rest and recovery farm"-- often wore out military horses were turned over to horse farmers to rest and graze in their hay feilds and regain back their health for the military for a fee.

any union civil war era calvary items found nearby?

 

[Bushido Dude]

none that I know if, its really out in the sticks on what is still a dirt road

 

[ivan salis]

any signs it might have been a blacksmiths place? -- that could account for lots of horse shoes as well.

 

[BloodyBelle]

One of those hoof digger outer things? I went with a blacksmith a few decades ago. Like a dirt/mud chisel.

 

[steelheadwill]

One of those hoof digger outer things? I went with a blacksmith a few decades ago. Like a dirt/mud chisel.

Maybe one of those digger outer things I think

 

[BloodyBelle]

One of those hoof digger outer things? I went with a blacksmith a few decades ago. Like a dirt/mud chisel.

Maybe one of those digger outer things I think

Yeah. That's it.

Did I win anything?

 

[IronSpike]

One of those hoof digger outer things? I went with a blacksmith a few decades ago. Like a dirt/mud chisel.

Maybe one of those digger outer things I think

Yeah. That's it.

Did I win anything?

You might win a green check I think Ivan will be in the running with utensil handle

 

[Lucas]

Definitely a broken fork. Pewter bolster. Sears Catalog era... 1880's ish.

 

[haybudden2]

I vote for the fork.

Hay2

 

[ivan salis]

I'm betting on a fork look at the base where the metal body meets the wood its got a bolster in it -- its not a hoof pick * as those scraper outtters are properly called

do not think the item is blacksmith tool or item --only that with lots of horse shoes about thatr it might have been a blacksmiths shop on that farm

 

[TiredIron]

I'm betting on a fork look at the base where the metal body meets the wood its got a bolster in it -- its not a hoof pick * as those scraper outtters are properly called

do not think the item is blacksmith tool or item --only that with lots of horse shoes about thatr it might have been a blacksmiths shop on that farm

"BloodyBelle" was on the right track....you use the cutter outter thing after you use the digger outter thing.

I vote fork handle as well...... But the horse hoof tool is very close when your actually talking about a
"Hoof Knife".....not a "Hoof Pick". The Pick & Knife are completely different tools used on the same appendage of the horse. Look at these "hoof knives". These are "hoity-toity" examples and not old styles.
http://www.doublelhoofknives.com/
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...a=X&ei=XQyITJLiNNnhnQeh5bDSCw&ved=0CBgQ9QEwAw

This is a "Hoof Pick" ....
www.sporthorseproducts.com/images/wire-hoof-pick.jpg

Tiirediron

 

[kyphote]

Utensil. The wood is very well preserved, but I believe it's Civil War. Just my collector opinion.

 

[BloodyBelle]

It's a hoof digger outer. You know why you guys won't go with hoof digger outer? Huh? Huh?

Because you are guys. And I just want y'all to know that that thing is what's left of a horse paw thingy and that when consensus comes in "fork" it's just another example of Good Ol' Boys unable to accept a one-up by a 3/4's human female.

So there! :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

 

[BloodyBelle]

I'm betting on a fork look at the base where the metal body meets the wood its got a bolster in it -- its not a hoof pick * as those scraper outtters are properly called

do not think the item is blacksmith tool or item --only that with lots of horse shoes about thatr it might have been a blacksmiths shop on that farm

"BloodyBelle" was on the right track....you use the cutter outter thing after you use the digger outter thing.

I vote fork handle as well...... But the horse hoof tool is very close when your actually talking about a
"Hoof Knife".....not a "Hoof Pick". The Pick & Knife are completely different tools used on the same appendage of the horse. Look at these "hoof knives". These are "hoity-toity" examples and not old styles.
http://www.doublelhoofknives.com/
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...a=X&ei=XQyITJLiNNnhnQeh5bDSCw&ved=0CBgQ9QEwAw

This is a "Hoof Pick" ....
www.sporthorseproducts.com/images/wire-hoof-pick.jpg

Tiirediron

This is close.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...iNNnhnQeh5bDSCw&ved=0CBgQ9QEwAw

I don't feel strongly about it. It was just there seemed to be a lot of horse evidence at the site.

I did try to find my own image, and then I ran into..."nipple wrench." I don't even want to know!

Also, just look at that face with the big grin a few posts down. Would you vote the way he voted?
I rest my case.

Good luck with it!