Tool or weapon, old or new anyone recognize. Looks like a prison shank.

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12 inches or so in length. Balanced feel. Had a thick cover of coquina she'll and rust which almost fell away after hitting with a rubber mallet. No visible markings other than the serrated pattern.
 

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Looks like a piece of metal that was cut off with a torch?
 

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What is a prison shank?
 

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What is a prison shank?

Shiv, also chiv, schiv, and shivvie, is a homemade knife-like weapon, especially one fashioned in prison. ... The derived verb, shiv means "to stab someone", a shivver being the criminal who attacks victims with a knife. A knife improvised in prison is also often called a shank.
 

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the edge was created by improper travel speed of a cutting torch , it's just scrap metal.
 

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A prison shank? You have quite the imagination!!
 

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Anyone using that as a shank would likely cause permanent damage to their own hand.

The opinions that it is a piece of scrap cause by a cutting torch (an amateur at that) are entirely correct.
 

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This one should be marked “solved”.
A piece of scrap from a metal project.

However…wrap half of it with cloth and you would have a deadly shank if placed in the right hands.
 

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you dont get to keep your shank when you get out! i agree with torch cut scrap
 

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What is a prison shank?

Anything when you got time on your hands and want to hurt another while serving time. Items most would NEVER think of from a toothbrush to even a bar of soap believe it or not, and easily will kill a 6'5" 250lb man in a split second if done right.
 

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Very interesting, anything from St. Augustine would have me guessing. Everyone and everything came through there as far as History is concerned. Interesting find!
 

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