🔎 UNIDENTIFIED I found this object? It might be a handle off something but I have no idea of what.

[DarthYoda333]

 

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[ARC]

Sash weight.

 

[DarthYoda333]

Sash weight.

Maybe, it’s not magnetic so I’m not sure.

 

[ARC]

Maybe, it’s not magnetic so I’m not sure.

Heavy like lead ? (although sash weights were made from various metals)

Scratch it in a spot like bottom and see if soft.

 

[DarthYoda333]

Heavy like lead ? (although sash weights were made from various metals)

Scratch it in a spot like bottom and see if soft.

The metal seems a little soft and rubs off on your fingers.

 

[ARC]

The metal seems a little soft and rubs off on your fingers.

Sash weight.

 

[bowwinkles]

appears to be a vintage window weight.

 

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appears to be a vintage window weight.

So you are agreeing ?

 

[bowwinkles]

In my part of the country it was refered to as a window weight and the term "sash" was not used.

 

[DarthYoda333]

appears to be a vintage window weight.

How old or vintage do you think it is or at least your best guess?

 

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In my part of the country it was refered to as a window weight and the term "sash" was not used.

Yes... agreed... i should have said "sash / window".

 

[bowwinkles]

How old or vintage do you think it is or at least your best guess?

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[wainzoid]

It is not a window weight, sorry.
I've removed hundreds if not thousands in the last 45 yrs. of installing replacement windows.

 

[Almy]

Could be for clamping a cable on the side of a building or on a pole.

 

[ARC]

Definitely a weight of some sort... if not for window... something.

 

[ticndig]

it's got a curve in it , weights are straight . my guess is an eye lifter for lifting the eye of a woodstove.

 

[ARC]

Its bent lead... heh

 

[ticndig]

it's pitted like iron not smooth like lead.

 

[ARC]

Bent lead...
op stated "The metal seems a little soft and rubs off on your fingers."

So ?

 

[villagenut]

What does the inside of the curve part look like....hollowed out like a cast piece or is it solid.....is it magnetic....keeping mind that a soft feeling metal that rubs off on your fingers may just be surface rust that has oxidized