Found in 50s yard

[Bigcypresshunter]

Found in 50's yard

Got out MDing a little in neighbors yard...house built in 195o's. This is one of my unidentified finds. Small round white marble knob with brass center, star on top. Steel shaft 3" long comes almost to point, squared on point end. What is it?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Found in 50's yard

victorian jail shive

I think you mean shank. Where is that ghetto slang site?

shive
n.
1. A slice; as, a shive of bread.
2. A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.
3. A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: Found in 50's yard

victorian jail shive

I think you mean shank. Where is that ghetto slang site?

shive
n.
1. A slice; as, a shive of bread.
2. A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.
3. A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.

Ed knows his gang-slang

Shive - Home-made prison knife
Shank - Home-made prison knife

http://www.gangsorus.com/letterso.html

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Found in 50's yard

Im going to green check this old thread after viewing some pics posted by SODABOTTLEBOB on another thread. Dg39 got it right.

"Victorian Picture Hanging Nails"

... the majority of this type of nail measure appx 1/2" to 3/4" in diameter across the head and have porcelain or glass inserts.

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