Iron thing id ?

[mojjax]

I think it says ''beed'' or ''reed'' june 20 78 . It's 2 3/4'' across . Just another whatsit !

mojjax

 

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[dg39]

Blacksmith paper weight?


Don't have a clue. Looks like it was perhaps a separator of some type...
DG

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

IS THAT WRITING I SEE? WHATS IT SAY MAYBE WE CAN HELP?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Looks like a section of an old stand up iron clock

 

[downindixie]

Looks like a bearing support.

 

[stefen]

Where was it found...in a barn, field, house

 

[mojjax]

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Where was it found...in a barn, field, house
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In a barn

 

[BIG61AL]

Could be just something a black smith made with some scrap iron or maybe just a paperweight??

 

[whitesid]

it looks like a horse shoe except theres a bar going across it. my guess is that its some sort of decoration

 

[Michelle]

Looks like some sort of a lid lift....

 

[silverswede]

Looks like Iron Mike Tysons' mouth piece. I don't have a clue actually.

 

[bluehunter1973]

i think its a corrective shoe for horse.

 

[stefen]

A corrective shoe is a 'Bar Shoe' which this is not. Also no evidence of nail holes.

This item appears to be cast iron and not hand wrought steel. The name is casted and not stamped. Note the rounded edges of the name. That is an indication that it is truly a cast iron object.

If it had sharp edges it would be stamped and therefore forged or wrought steel.

Therefore we know what it is not...the question is what it is.

 

[Michelle]

Mojax does it look like there is a missing piece on the top....#1 pic the rough edge is that damaged or missing a piece?

 

[silverswede]

Would it be possible if the item were turned with the "cleats" to the top it would slip into a slotted rail and slide along a track. This would make a place for something to be hooked into like in a factory or meat locker. Just guessin.

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Duh, however it either had a turning motion for mounting - a la the rounded ends of the lower lugs, or something snapped over it usng the rounded ends as guides? This would make it a spacer, retainer, or support for something else in the assembly package.

K jb etc ??

Tropical Tramp

 

[mojjax]

Here's another picture of that area , Michelle . There is a protusion there ,but it looks like part of the way it was made .

I like silverswede's theory . Kinda makes sense . Then a S shaped meat hook could hang from it .

 

[johnrielly]

looks like a door knocker

 

[birds4us]

I was thinking of a door knocker as well.

 

[Michelle]

Sorry guys not laughing at you....Mojjax I said nothing!!!!