What is this?

[thrillathahunt]

I think it is equestrian related, though I could be wrong.

It measures 1 1/2 inches, made of iron.

 

[jgas]

Just a bit too big for any kind of toy axle...Not sure. Sorry. jgas

 

[Aussie]

Im thinking an old rivet.....and that either the leather or timber that it was holding together has rotted away.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Yes, I kinda figured that it had something to do with leather also.

 

[stefen]

Appears to be a bindery post which comes in aluminum, steel, copper and brass...

Been around for centuries...

 

[thrillathahunt]

Bindery post....you mean for a book?

 

[johnnyi]

That's particular object is a rivet.

 

[stefen]

Bindery post....you mean for a book?

Used to bind loose pages like for accounting books or maps, and the like...

Permitted pages to be extracted or replaced...

 

[vayank54]

We find quite a few in civil war cavalry camps so they are more than likely horse related but I really don't know what they are Being as wide as they are I always figured they held wood together