Need Help Identifying This....

Murphyslaw · Oct 4, 2009

This was left in my Father's garage when he bought his house some 45 years ago. At that time the house was 40-45 years old...the seller was a builder and built the garage, and lived in it until the house was built (a Sears kit house)...

The inside of the hook is sharp (sort of) and the outside is blunt. Below the hook is sharp (sort of). Seems like a strange bird...but it must of had a purpose.

Thanks in advance.

Chris

Bhamster · Oct 5, 2009

What part of the country is it from? It looks sort of like some old lumberjack log tool I have seen but that is just a wild guess.

jlubas · Oct 5, 2009

looks like some sort of brush hook to men

Murphyslaw · Oct 5, 2009

Bhamster said:
What part of the country is it from? It looks sort of like some old lumberjack log tool I have seen but that is just a wild guess.

New York, about 15 miles north of NYC.

With 4 brothers, I am surprised it survived our youth....

Dusty One · Oct 5, 2009

Not sure but it might be used to assist in rolling logs....

Murphyslaw · Oct 6, 2009

Well, it appears to be a brush axe used in connection with fighting outdoor fires...click the link and scroll about half way down...

http://www.yesteryearstools.com/Yesteryears Tools/Home.html

ron_m80 · Oct 6, 2009

There isn't a spike to bite with therefore I don't think you could even log roll with it if you wanted to. But i thought the same thing at first too.

(clasp cant hook)

Jim malone · Oct 7, 2009

it's a "bush hook " for wildland fires. Swinging an axe thru light brush and vegetation is dangerous and difficult. The bush hook grabs the bush and is pulled back to cut the vegetation.

http://www.forestencyclopedia.net/p/p331

GWashington1732 · Oct 7, 2009

Jim malone said:
it's a "bush hook " for wildland fires. Swinging an axe thru light brush and vegetation is dangerous and difficult. The bush hook grabs the bush and is pulled back to cut the vegetation.

http://www.forestencyclopedia.net/p/p331

It's a weed whacker?

Murphyslaw · Oct 7, 2009

GWashington1732 said:
It's a weed whacker?

Or a great Holloween Costume prop...

Stuart Willis · Oct 7, 2009

It is a bush axe that has been sharpened down to almost nothing. The inside and the ouside of the curve is sharpened. Heres what it would have looked like new

COAL CREEK FORGE · Oct 7, 2009

Different Smith's had their own style back in the day here an original smithy made with the original handle

The upper strap was put on so you did'nt sling the head off and hit an innocent by stander while you were cutting weed along the roadside in a chain gang

GWashington1732 · Oct 7, 2009

COAL CREEK FORGE said:
The upper strap was put on so you did'nt sling the head off and hit an innocent by stander while you were cutting weed along the roadside in a chain gang

It is a weed whacker then?

Murphyslaw · Oct 7, 2009

Stuart Willis said:
It is a bush axe that has been sharpened down to almost nothing. The inside and the ouside of the curve is sharpened. Heres what it would have looked like new

I'm not sure of that. Check the picture of the brush axes and Pulaskis about halfway down on this link...

http://www.yesteryearstools.com/Yesteryears Tools/Home.html

The big difference is the sharpened edge on the reverse side from the hook.

Stuart Willis · Oct 7, 2009

Ok then maybe not. I was going by the way your pic looks.

Murphyslaw · Oct 7, 2009

The picture in that link is the only one so far that I've seen that matches the one I have.

somberbear · Oct 7, 2009

i thought those were used for moving bails of hay ..... or opening up old food crates/slats..... no idea but i swear i have seen them before....

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