Found near a barn
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cellrdwellr
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A hook for hay bales, or possibly a butcher's hook? Size reference will help, but I'm sure someone will recognize it. Cool relic!
Longhair
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Could be a butcher hook. Could be a harness hanger. Without a clear pic and a size reference it's tough to tell what it is.
relichead
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Its about 20 plus inches from the bend to the top , there are threads that start near the beginning of the "hook" but only go for about 5 inches up the shaft , you can see the butterfly "nut" on the threads i dont understand what those threads and butterfly nut could possibly be for ...i dont think there would be threads near the hook of a meat hook as that wouldnt be sanitary.. but maybe they werent as hip to sanitary rules back then?
HuntinDog
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Looks like it might be a hook that attached to the rafters to hang stuff from.
The small hook would go over the rafter and the other small attachment would slide up and the nut would tighten and hold it in place.
The small hook would go over the rafter and the other small attachment would slide up and the nut would tighten and hold it in place.
Skwerly
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yeah my guess is also meat hooks or for hay.
relichead
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The threads dont do the length of the shaft..weird.. in this pic u see the threads are close to the hook..seems pretty useless
Country Dirt Kid
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I think there was a spring between the wing nut and the sliding thing.
Ice Scratcher
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Looks like it would fasten/clamp to something (like an I-beam) and you would tighten up the wing nut to temporarily keep it from falling off. Then something would hang on the hook (like a ladder or similar)...
