Anybody know what this hook is?

[Mud Hut]

Only 8 inches long. Tent peg? From what era?

 

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[duggap]

Possible off a logging tool or logging hook.

 

[tamrock]

To me it looks like a type of hook you'd pound in to a rock face crack as an anchor and hitch point. Is there an old rock quarry around the location you found it?

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

i agree...looks like a loggin tool!

 

[Mud Hut]

i agree...looks like a loggin tool!

Could be, I reckon, but it is only 8 inches long. I suppose it could be some sort of log dog, but not like any I have seen.

 

[HAPPYCAMPER]

Just my 2 cents,looks like something that would be driven into a tree,flatten part would go with grain of tree I believe,maybe just an anchor for rope.

 

[villagenut]

Does the hook end look like it had been beaten on from being driven into something hard?

 

[HAPPYCAMPER]

Agree...actually thought someone could have fabricated a hook for a clothes line to use between trees..

Does the hook end look like it had been beaten on from being driven into something hard?

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

It wouldn't be a rock piton as they have closed holes so you can hook into it without possibility of attachment coming off.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Could be a hold down for a workbench.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

For what it's worth, I really don't be think it is a logging tool.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Some older telephone or power poles had wire running up the side with a wooden half round that was routed out to cover wire and had "U" staples to hold it on maybe the part you found was an early version of those.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Could be a hold down for a workbench.

The thought is a good one, but the problem is that the end that is hammered flat would make the hole for the bench dog bigger than the rounded part of the shaft and the hole and shaft of a bench dog being tight is what makes the dog work properly, so the flattened end being bigger than shaft means it wouldn't stay tight in the bench dog's hole in workbench.

 

[jude061]

possibly some device to be used in fireplaces to hang cauldrons, etc. a great resource on wrought iron items is "hooks, rings, and other things" by frank barnes.

 

[stefen]

The thought is a good one, but the problem is that the end that is hammered flat would make the hole for the bench dog bigger than the rounded part of the shaft and the hole and shaft of a bench dog being tight is what makes the dog work properly, so the flattened end being bigger than shaft means it wouldn't stay tight in the bench dog's hole in workbench.

First, its my opinion that the item is a hand wrought bench dog...therefore I my position is as follows...

What we don't know is the purpose for the flattened end of the shaft...its probably serves multiple purposes...

In many cases, the shaft of a bench dog's shape and holding power is based solely on the thickness of the bench top or vice itself and the thickness of the board or item being held, and not necessarily on the bench dog's shaft shape or dimensions.

Many woodworkers make their own tools and accessories, and some of which may be modified for multiple uses, hence the flatted end.

The dimensions of the square or diameter of a round dog hole also plays a part in the holding power.

As an example, the holes in my carver's bench top are 3/4" square X 2" deep, and the holes in the vices are 1" square X 8" deep...either of which could utilize the hook shown above.

However, I prefer to use my handmade walnut or maple bench dogs.

I custom-made my own 3' X 8' carvers bench using 8/4 X 8" Maple with 3/4 X 2" Walnut dog bands, and end and side vices using 8/4 X 8" Walnut double faced with 1/4" saddle leather, and home-made screws, double guides and handles.

I find that there is less damage using wooden dogs as opposed to steel dogs...(although I have both)

Therefore my vote is for bench dogs.

 

[ARC]

My guess... Tent stake. ?

 

[relic lover]

I say it's log dog

 

[sutphin]

NEAT FIND ...

 

[boogeyman]

I'm thinking a hook for bringing a phone line into a house, before they started using porcelain insulators. Put a loop around it and tie with a piece of wire then down the side of the house. I've got some newer ones laying around and I'll try to dig em out & get pics up.