dosullivan Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Anybody guess the function of these old blacksmith tools? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I only see one thing that looks like it MIGHT be a smithing tool, the second pic from the bottom, could maybe be an anvil stake but I don't think so.The tong things are two handed and I can't think of a use around the forge for them. The shackles are jjust that shackles, for what I can't say. The last one with the decorative twist might be a wrench but that's just a guess.Just because something is old and iron doesn't mean it's a blacksmith's tool. Neat things though, I'd sure hang them on a wall.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Those two top tongs things might be for use in getting jars out of the hot water after canning. My mom used to do this and they look like what she used to use. My guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosullivan Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 I only see one thing that looks like it MIGHT be a smithing tool, the second pic from the bottom, could maybe be an anvil stake but I don't think so.The tong things are two handed and I can't think of a use around the forge for them. The shackles are jjust that shackles, for what I can't say. The last one with the decorative twist might be a wrench but that's just a guess.Just because something is old and iron doesn't mean it's a blacksmith's tool. Neat things though, I'd sure hang them on a wall.Frosty The Lucky.They were hanging in an old blacksmiths forge.... not found just anywhere! So yes, pretty sure they had uses and made by a blacksmith. I wouldnt just assume somthing old and rusty was made by a blacksmith. Sure are cool things Frosty... and all the other items that were left to wrot in that little forge. Amazing how the world regards such things as scrap nowadays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 They were hanging in an old blacksmiths forge.... not found just anywhere! So yes, pretty sure they had uses and made by a blacksmith. I wouldnt just assume somthing old and rusty was made by a blacksmith. Sure are cool things Frosty... and all the other items that were left to wrot in that little forge. Amazing how the world regards such things as scrap nowadaysI have old forged iron objects I have collected hanging all over my shop. Kind of a blacksmithy thing to do. The Tongs are too short to grasp crucibles, more like canning jars as mentioned. The stake could be a stake for any smith, copper, tin silver, etcetera, but not a blacksmith, it is a stake, not a hardy tool. Unfortunately it appears to have weathered badly, but I wouldn't try to fix it, it is worth more as a wall hanger. The bracket is a bracket or whatever, the Shadow knows. Likely made by blacksmiths, unlikely used by one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Scale or measurements would help. So would knowing where in the world they are located. The tongish things look like either sugar nippers or horse twitches but not expertly made examples of either. Could be something else. Looks like an interesting place, better pictures of the whole place available? Some items look to be sitting on a poured concrete floor so that narrows down the time frame a little. Edited March 6, 2015 by Judson Yaggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Poet Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 The third picture could be a 2 sided hotcut with a built in swage. If the guy did a lot of work with small stock, such as 1/4" or sheet metal it might have come in handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBD Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 On 3/3/2015 at 11:02 AM, dosullivan said: Could the top be for placing rivets. I would agree the third is a stake possibly for doing small work like jewellery maybe and the last could be an apprentice piece although it is quite long and so a bit wasteful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 The second picture makes me think of handcuffs (manacles) but I'm not an expert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billtr96sn Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 The third one looks like a crude last used by shoemakers/repairers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbmul175 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 The 4th one is an old tool used for twisting metal as far as I know. And the second one looks like something to hold things togeather, like maybe to lock tongs in a closed position ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawnJockey Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 On February 24, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Michael Cochran said: The second picture makes me think of handcuffs (manacles) but I'm not an expert. Yes, I was thinking it was some sort of marital aid too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 The tool in the third photograph from the top is not a shoemaker's last. The front section is cut across and not radiused as a standard last is. The distance between the "heel" and the front portion is too great for a normal foot. The tool looks more like an anvil or anvil tool of some sort. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 the "Cuffs" in the second picture remind me of something they would bind an animals rear legs for whatever reason. saw something like that somewhere. probably had a second pin chained on at some point. wouldnt be much good on a human with just pins like that. just a guess. I thought shoe last or shoe anvil on the third one until i looked at it more and dont think the shape is right even if the toe end wasnt round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar.esq Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Daswulf, I think you're referring to "hobbles" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 31 minutes ago, rockstar.esq said: Daswulf, I think you're referring to "hobbles" That's it. The name was escaping me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Hobbles . . . Plural!? Isn't that polygamy?! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar.esq Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Frosty, You go me thinking more in terms of the department of corrections... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 We should take a set of those to all the newbies, and only let them out when they've read all the stickies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo T Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 They wouldn't work well for hobbles, as they need to be smooth as not to injure the horse. It looks like a piece that might be used to attach a crosspiece to?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 I traced the IP and added Ireland to his location, Children have no manners these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 5 hours ago, rockstar.esq said: Frosty, You go me thinking more in terms of the department of corrections... The Missus keeps you straightened out too eh? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozzy Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 5 hours ago, Bo T said: They wouldn't work well for hobbles, as they need to be smooth as not to injure the horse. It looks like a piece that might be used to attach a crosspiece to?? Hobbles were not just for horses---cows and goats too. There is one style which doesn't go completely around the leg but instead sort of pinches the muscles so you just slip them over the muscular part of the back legs: On and off in a breeze for milking. You can sort of see a similar thing in the image of this patent http://www.google.com/patents/US1244628 The extra chain could be to immobilize the tail of a cow. Not saying that's what they are as the distance between the cuffs seems awfully short to me but they are not so far from pinch hobbles to rule it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar.esq Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 2 hours ago, Frosty said: The Missus keeps you straightened out too eh? Frosty The Lucky. I've been instructed to neither confirm nor deny any such allegations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51 Papy Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Frosty and Rockstar you two married redheads too huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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