What is This? Is it an antique reamer?

[ConductorChris]

Would love some insight as to what this might actually be.......thanks in advance!

 

[Firebrick43]

Pyramid fishing weight mold?

 

[LXCam]

Looks like a sampling spoon for molten metal.

 

[cgrutt]

No clue but here's another one

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My first impression was the tail end looked somewhat like the eye of a sewing needle there are a few comments on attached link suggesting possibly for net making or a large fid for splicing rope but the only fids I'm familiar with are pointed and hollow in back. It's pretty cool whatever it is.

 

[ConductorChris]

No clue but here's another one

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My first impression was the tail end looked somewhat like the eye of a sewing needle there are a few comments on attached link suggesting possibly for net making or a large fid for splicing rope but the only fids I'm familiar with are pointed and hollow in back. It's pretty cool whatever it is.

Yes that seems to be an exact copy.
If it helps any, I live nowhere near the sea / ocean, but I do live in an agricultural area.

 

[RTM]

No clue but here's another one

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My first impression was the tail end looked somewhat like the eye of a sewing needle there are a few comments on attached link suggesting possibly for net making or a large fid for splicing rope but the only fids I'm familiar with are pointed and hollow in back. It's pretty cool whatever it is.

Interesting that one of our own commented on that @lzenglish

 

[lzenglish]

Interesting that one of our own commented on that @lzenglish

You Caught me Cheating on "GJ" "RTM" !! Please Do Not Tell Ryan ! Lol...

LZ

 

[Cleave]

It would make a fine plumb...
How big is it?

 

[flyingblind]

For whale surfing. Hand held harpoon for whales. It is missing the strap that you tie to your ankle.

 

[MShaw]

Harpoons I have seen have a socket for a pole to drive them in.

 

[ConductorChris]

It is the size of a medium screwdriver

 

[marinusdees]

A fid?? Also called a marlinspike.

It is the size of a medium screwdriver

 

[powerwagon63]

Countersink

 

[Old Man Roger]

Gives me a foundry kind of vibe. Feel like it’s for smelting something.

 

[The Cobbler]

why am I thinking a scraper for babbitt bearings

 

[Old Man Roger]

why am I thinking a scraper for babbitt bearings

I can see that, or even a pipe deburring tool.

 

[4xdog]

Does the back end look like it's ever been hammered on, @ConductorChris?

The profile of the "eye" does indeed look sorta like a sewing needle, as observed by @cgrutt. What does the very center look like, where a rope would bend over the eye? Is it rounded and smooth there, too, or does it come to a sharp-ish edge?

I looks steel, or at least ferromagnetic. Is that the case? Aluminum would change a lot of thinking...

 

[four.cycle]

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[Old Man Roger]

See now that’s just wrong..lol

 

[2oolhound]

The eye in the handle is peculiar. It's such a long slot, not just a hole. There is a bevel on the lower end on one side of the eye like a rope would slide along there. I'm thinking fid for fishing nets but that's a guess.

 

[lzenglish]

The eye in the handle is peculiar. It's such a long slot, not just a hole. There is a bevel on the lower end on one side of the eye like a rope would slide along there. I'm thinking fid for fishing nets but that's a guess.

I'm Thinking You May be Right ! So, I think it is time to go Fishing again, this time in the Net Repair Field.

LZ

PS: Update, Well that did Not Take Long, If it is/was a fishing net repair needle, why the bulbus head, and made from prone to rust in salt water steel/cast iron>? NOT SO SURE NOW !

Still on my Watch for List,

LZ

 

[disston]

I think it's for copper pipe used in plumbing. Deburring tool for the inside pipe of a joint. Use sandpaper for the outside of other pipe.

Old Man Roger said it first.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I think it's for copper pipe used in plumbing. Deburring tool for the inside pipe of a joint. Use sandpaper for the outside of other pipe.

Old Man Roger said it first.

Actually the OP suggested it was a reamer first.

 

[crguy]

I think it's for copper pipe used in plumbing. Deburring tool for the inside pipe of a joint. Use sandpaper for the outside of other pipe.

Old Man Roger said it first.

Deburring tools have sharp cutting edges.

 

[lzenglish]

Would love some insight as to what this might actually be.......thanks in advance!

It APPEARS No CONFIRMED Answer So far, So i just Bumped it back to the top in the CW Forum.

"I GOTS TA KNO"

LZ

 

[Oregon Dave]

It may be useful for spicing rope.