Large colonial iron buckle used for?

[johnnyblaze]

Large 2 1/2 x 3 inch buckle.
Was this for a person?



Blaze...

 

[mainer]

Shoe buckle.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Shoe buckle.

I thought it was for a horse strap or something like that....

Blaze...

 

[CRUSADER]

Shoe buckle.

I thought it was for a horse strap or something like that....

Blaze...

Yeap 18th C Shoe buckle

 

[johnnyblaze]

But look at the size difference compared to a regular colonial shoe buckle.
Maybe a boot buckle

Blaze

 

[mainer]

How big is the smaller buckle? Could be the smaller one is a knee buckle instead of a shoe buckle.

 

[johnnyblaze]

How big is the smaller buckle? Could be the smaller one is a knee buckle instead of a shoe buckle.

The smaller one is definately a shoe buckle i have lots of knee buckles..
This iron one just struck me as odd..Still does
Blaze

 

[mainer]

The smaller one looks really small is why I asked. You said the bigger one is 2 1/2 X 3 inches and the smaller one looks like its less then half that size.

 

[johnnyblaze]

The smaller one looks really small is why I asked. You said the bigger one is 2 1/2 X 3 inches and the smaller one looks like its less then half that size.

We have land in Skowhegan.Do you know of it?

 

[mainer]

Sure do Johnny. Probably 2 hours or so north of me. Been there a few times. A lot of history there. Probably settled in the late 1700's Im guessing.

 

[johnnyblaze]

I took a pic of the buckles with a couple of knee buckles for size comparison..

The iron one is kinda scary looking.

Should i electrolysis it?

Blaze

 

[mainer]

Now your smaller one looks bigger. I have done electrolysis on my iron relics and it always worked good for me. I dont think you have anything to lose.

 

[CRUSADER]

Nothing wrong with the size, seen bigger shoe buckles than that.