Any help identifying hand forged eye hoe

[tristanak17]

Any info would be welcomed

 

[RTM]

Probably a froe for splitting wood shingles..

Here's a catalog cut of a newer one.

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks : 2015-16 Catalog : Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Inc. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

78 p., illus., 26.7 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

 

[four.cycle]

Shake froe.
From the looks of it, home-made from an old leaf spring on a hand forge and an anvil.
I'm guessing that thing cut shingles for a whole bunch of roofs.

 

[four.cycle]

hey, why is the plural of "leaf" leaves, but the plural of "roof" is "roofs"?
who makes up these rules?

 

[Beerhippie]

hey, why is the plural of "leaf" leaves, but the plural of "roof" is "roofs"?
who makes up these rules?

I thought it was rooves.