Hello All,
I dug this in an 1850-1910 site. Obviously used to be straight but now plow bent. I?ve dug the end piece before which has a slit and an iron pin and the remains of what looks to be an iron rowel. Id always suspected that the end piece went directly into some sort of fitting in the boot heel but never seen the whole piece before now. Seems odd for the heel to have come with the brass tube fitted in, and spanning the whole length of the sole, yet possible I guess. Can anyone find a patent or more information about a type of spur that fit into the whole sole of the shoe, and its date range? Really cool piece, if thats what it is. The type is not listed in any of my spur books.
I dug this in an 1850-1910 site. Obviously used to be straight but now plow bent. I?ve dug the end piece before which has a slit and an iron pin and the remains of what looks to be an iron rowel. Id always suspected that the end piece went directly into some sort of fitting in the boot heel but never seen the whole piece before now. Seems odd for the heel to have come with the brass tube fitted in, and spanning the whole length of the sole, yet possible I guess. Can anyone find a patent or more information about a type of spur that fit into the whole sole of the shoe, and its date range? Really cool piece, if thats what it is. The type is not listed in any of my spur books.
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