What is this?

[christopher5]

Can anyone tell me anything about this? I see some faint enbossed letters which look like N E S T CO

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156110164208785&id=520748784

 

[phantomknives]

Can anyone tell me anything about this? I see some faint enbossed letters which look like N E S T CO

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156110164208785&id=520748784

that, is a bucking wedge, it's used in crosscut saw work, you hammer it in across your cut, (perpendicular with the trunk) they came in sets of two, with rope between them

 

[christopher5]

that, is a bucking wedge, it's used in crosscut saw work, you hammer it in across your cut, (perpendicular with the trunk) they came in sets of two, with rope between them

thank you! that makes sense considering where I found it. Thank you for your help!