How old could this clasp be? - PARTLY SOLVED - SEE NEW PICTURE

[time4me]

I was hoping that someone might know when this style of clasp was invented, as I'd like to know just how old one of these could possibly be.

Does anyone know what the earliest date of a clasp of this type might be? It is most likely from a dog leash, but I've seen the same style of clasp on newer horse bridles, and I wondered if they were used on really old horse bridles.

 

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[dozer dan]

Re: How old could this clasp be?

what does a bridal for a really old horse look like? why would you put a bridal on a really old horse? probably too old to run off anyway

 

[BioProfessor]

Re: How old could this clasp be?

Here we go again.

Daryl

 

[time4me]

Re: How old could this clasp be?

what does a bridal for a really old horse look like? why would you put a bridal on a really old horse? probably too old to run off anyway

LOL - it is hooked to a cable strung between two trees, to hold the really old horse upright

 

[bigfish31]

Re: How old could this clasp be?

It's a bolt snap hook if that helps. I tried to find the inventor, but failed.

 

[Monty]

Re: How old could this clasp be?

Looks like a common leash snap to me. Monty

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: How old could this clasp be?

Looks like a common leash snap to me. Monty

I agree... either a smaller chain or rope would have been attached to it given the round loop.

Might be 100 years old, might be 10 years old.

 

[time4me]

Re: How old could this clasp be?

I agree... either a smaller chain or rope would have been attached to it given the round loop.

Might be 100 years old, might be 10 years old.

Yes, no doubt about WHAT it is, but what I would like to find out is COULD it actually be 100 years old? When did this type of bolt snap hook get invented??

Reason I'm interested is that I found a US Cavalry bridle rosette within 10 feet of this snap hook, and I was wondering if it might have come off of the bridle that the rosette came off of.

Thanks,

Jim

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: How old could this clasp be?

I agree... either a smaller chain or rope would have been attached to it given the round loop.

Might be 100 years old, might be 10 years old.

Yes, no doubt about WHAT it is, but what I would like to find out is COULD it actually be 100 years old? When did this type of bolt snap hook get invented??

Reason I'm interested is that I found a US Cavalry bridle rosette within 10 feet of this snap hook, and I was wondering if it might have come off of the bridle that the rosette came off of.

Thanks,

Jim

Yea... I'm not sure I would equate the two because of the grand possibility that it is NOT from the same head- stall set. Unless you can produce pictures from that era that shows these snap swivels being used by the calvery from that era... I dunno. I'm just saying that it's a stretch.

I cannot tell you when (year) these were first put into use...

 

[time4me]

Re: How old could this clasp be?

Well, I thing I may have answered my own question with a little more googling. I found the below photo of an antique US Cavalry bridle, and it has the same sort of snap hook on it...

I'd still love to know what the original patent date of a snap hook like this is.

 

[Monty]

That last picture don't look like a snap hook to me rather a part of the bit. Monty

 

[Ramitt]

this looks a lot like yours. Pat date Sep 1908
http://www.google.com/patents?id=je99AAAAEBAJ&dq=swivel+bolt+snap+hook

 

[stefen]

As an old saying goes, when one hears hoofbeats, they think of a horse and not zebras...

A swivel bolt snap has many more uses than for horse tack...they are used extensively in the marine arena and have many industrial applications...

I've seen them used for purse straps, crowd control ropes, on boats, dog leashs, and the like.

There are fixed and swivel types...the swivel type is recent whereas the fixed type evolved to maybe WWII.

Many inventions were brought to the public as a result of recent Wars and space science.