✅ SOLVED Can anybody tell me what this wall treasure might be?

[creskol]

5 inches long x 1 inch square made out of poplar and beveled on the ends .. any ideas? .. Thanks!

 

[tamrock]

Art of a wood whittler be my guess. From back from the day when a pocket knife was called a "jack knife" could be the signature piece of a carpenter who was involved in building the house? The mark of his skills

 

[Ruchman]

Could have been a carpenters gauge for cutting open mortise and tenon joints?

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

if it is not a gauge, it is a shop project...we used to do things like that...learn how to fit complex joints..

 

[bigfoot1]

a simple guess...it reminds me of the extension parts found on old dining tables

 

[Gold Maven]

the patina appears as if it had a lot of use. Interesting.

 

[curt_in_wmass]

Could have been a carpenters gauge for cutting open mortise and tenon joints?

Thats was my thoughts...but what is made out of one inch stock that needed these type of joints?...Havent figured that part out yet.

 

[Ruchman]

I think old shutters were sometimes made at 1"?
And would have similar jointer