Iron whatsit ?

[mojjax]

I have no idea ?

 

[AU24K]

At first glance, my thought was a tip for a dart.
Scott

 

[doublet2a]

At first glance, my thought was a tip for a dart.
Scott

Me too

Tim

 

[auger]

Dart tip was my initial thought as well, however, that hook on the end appears to be intentional. Possibly a tip from a tranquilizer dart for a large game animal? No idea beyond that thought.

 

[auger]

Ohh! How about this idea? The tip of the spear that picadors use during a bull fight to weaken the bull prior to the matadors entrance to take all the glory for the kill.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Looks like it was to fit into a handle. Maybe a tool for setting up the threads in a loom?

Too beefy for a crochet hook.

 

[zztop357]

Looks like a fish shaker. My Grampa used one to take fish off the hooks. Catfish bite when you try to remove the hook.
JMO. HH, zztop

 

[DCMatt]

Lace making hook? Missing part of the handle?

Actual size is 4 inches long.

DCMatt

 

[dozer dan]

tool missing its handle?

for making or mending large fishing nets?

or a part of a twine hay baler?

what ever it is, it looks like it was for penetrating, grabbing a line and pulling it back out.

 

[IronSpike]

How does attachment method appear to be? I'll guess part of an early industrial crochet part from textile machinery.

 

[findstuf]

looks like someone stabbed/stuck it into something..... and tried to pull/bent it out. Maybe it's a gigantic ice pick?

 

[CRUSADER]

looks like a hole punch thats been hammered out of shape

 

[cwdigger]

The end of an old Flounder or Bullfrog Gig.

Cw

 

[unearthed]

Yet another plumbing part! Toilet flush valve without washers, looks to be worn out or broken at the hook end.

HH
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