Name This Tool?

[Jmellc]

These tools were on the wall of a vacation cabin we rented. No problems recognizing the woodwork clamp, 2 man crosscut saw, 1 man crosscut saw, Hudson Bay axe head & wood auger.

I have no clue about the tool on the right. Does anyone recognize it?

 

[seber]

You're going to need a better picture than that.

 

[Jmellc]

You're going to need a better picture than that.

This pic may be better. Tool appeared to be metal. Top sleeve can take a rake handle.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Some kind of coal/ash rake?

 

[MoonRise]

I shall name you ...

Igor.

 

[Mick56]

Rug beater?

 

[Bogie1632]

I've never seen one that shape but my guess is some sort of bark peeler or maybe for small branch removal?

Were the tips and/or edges sharp (at some point)?

V/R
Bogie

 

[RTM]

I would agree with bark spud as a guess, but no facts to back it up. Maybe after I walk the dogs.

Hmm, may have to retract my agreement. I looked through a bunch of catalogs, then had the international tool library searched for Bark Spud, and drew nothing with three prongs.

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https://archive.org/search.php?query=bark+spud&and[]=collection:%22internationaltoolcataloglibrary%22&sin=TXT

The most common two types seen are seen here, a single blade, fairly wide, and then a narrow skinny one with an odd end to it.

https://archive.org/details/WarrenAxesAndLoggingTools1937?q=bark+spud

Then the search turned up lots of spud wrenches, spud somethings for plumbing, etc. Only the first few were kinda useful.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Bump for the overnight crew..lol

 

[Old Man Roger]

C-mon, no one has figured this out yet?

 

[bushmechanic]

C-mon, no one has figured this out yet?

I encountered one of those in a German whorehouse a while back.

It was worth the premium.

 

[Bogie1632]

Must be related to that yellow piece that never got figured out. Parts of a codabulator made of unobtanium. Super rare.

V/R
Bogie

 

[Old Man Roger]

I encountered one of those in a German whorehouse a while back.

It was worth the premium.

Some like it rough..lol

Must be related to that yellow piece that never got figured out. Parts of a codabulator made of unobtanium. Super rare.

V/R
Bogie

We can't have two failures, GJ's reputation would be forever tarnished.

 

[steaks&anvils]

Some like it rough..lol

We can't have two failures, GJ's reputation would be forever tarnished.

It is 2020...

 

[Old Man Roger]

It is 2020...

It would be the 7th sign of the apocalypse.

 

[SeisMec]

Not sure it will help, but cropped, doubled in size, auto tweaked and over sharpened in my photo editor.

 

[didit]

I'll go along with Mick56, it just looks like a rug beater.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I'll go along with Mick56, it just looks like a rug beater.

I guess it could be, but most rug beaters are just thin wire, and pretty light. If it's a rug beater, it was meant for a man to swing it.

The op mentioned it looks like it would take a wooden rake handle too.

 

[Jmellc]

I guess it could be, but most rug beaters are just thin wire, and pretty light. If it's a rug beater, it was meant for a man to swing it.

The op mentioned it looks like it would take a wooden rake handle too.

There was a rug beater on another wall. Long, sort of a figure 8 look.

Appreciate all the feedback.

 

[Lassen Forge]

As said elsewhere, a rug beater. Different than the wire one, but I've had the fun (absolutely NOT) of using both types. Awful, filthy, nasty, dusty, dirty job.

 

[Jack84]

It’s for catching eels.


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[The Tool Tyrant]

Looks like the instrument used by my ex-wife to stir her pancake batter...just before she would take flight on it.

 

[ttpete]

As said elsewhere, a rug beater. Different than the wire one, but I've had the fun (absolutely NOT) of using both types. Awful, filthy, nasty, dusty, dirty job.

That was usually done during the Spring Cleaning back when everyone burned coal for heat. I remember that at my grandparents' house everyone got busy and washed the curtains and dried them on a curtain stretcher, washed the walls or cleaned the wallpaper, and vacuumed the rugs. The coal dust and smoke in the air dirtied everything indoors and out.

 

[Jack84]

This special fishing gear is used to catch eels.
The eel lives in fresh or salt water and feeds on scraps on the bottom.
Because it is almost impossible to catch an eel by hand,
he has a mucus layer on his skin, this tool was invented.
A long wooden handle has 3 iron teeth with a round outer edge.
The fisherman puts the spike straight into the mud and if there is an eel,
He is caught between the teeth and has nowhere to go.
This aalgeer was made by Mr. H. Boot, who was a blacksmith here at the Rijkswerf.
The teeth are made of leaf springs.
Unfortunately for fishermen nowadays the eelgeer is prohibited ……… ..

Source
https://oudheidkamer-hellevoetsluis.nl/expositie/ditjes-en-datjes-uit-het-museum/aalgeer




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[LostBoy(IRL)]

It’s for catching eels.


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Yep, looks like an eel spear to me also

 

[Old Man Roger]

And this is why I love this site..lol Who woulda thunk it was an eel spear?

 

[Jack84]

Didn’t know the English word for it, hence the google translate text.



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[nadogail]

EEL Spear, that is something I had never considered as we don't have eels here, to my limited knowledge.

 

[theoldwizard1]

This special fishing gear is used to catch eels.

Very similar to a sturgeon spear, used during ice fishing season.

 

[Jmellc]

Thanks, I wouldn’t have ever thought of that. Several people around said coal rake.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Thanks, I wouldn’t have ever thought of that. Several people around said coal rake.

That was my first guess too.

 

[ChevyEFI]

The different tooth profile of the outer 2 teeth vs. the inner 2 makes sense now.

 

[Jmellc]

looks like the instrument used by my ex-wife to stir her pancake batter...just before she would take flight on it.

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