Large iron hook, butchers meat hook, fish hook?

[Qtronic]

(Just got a second one)~Large iron hook, butchers meat hook, fish hook?

Hi everyone,
First post here, found the website and couldn’t resist, this is my kind of site! So, what is this large hook? Measures about 23” long.
Thanks all!

 

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[Plug N Play]

Pike Pole ?

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Welcome to Tnet from Toronto Qtronic.

It's always helpful if you could give us a bit of background information on where you found your item.
What part of the world you're in, in the ground, in the water or at a garage sale.

This looks to be a hook that would be hung from a large scale possibly in an abattoir, a butchers shop, maybe even a granary?

Dave

 

[DizzyDigger]

It's a Pike Pole, and it's used in logging..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_pole

 

[ticndig]

The metal ring makes no sense for a pike pole and the barb at the end makes no sense for a meat hook.
It sure looks like an early pike pole but the ring is puzzling to me . perhaps a rope was tied to the ring to help maneuver the tool from that end.

 

[firemanphob]

it is a pike pole. you can only pull on a wooden handle so much without breaking. a rope could be tied through the loop to assist in pulling.

 

[Reanm8er]

Welcome Qtronic, cool find!

 

[ticndig]

can you provide a pic with pike pole with such a ring ? I googled and found none.
the pike poles I used as a firefighter had no ring, such a ring would have been in the way when pulling drywall to expose fire in the wall .maybe a pike pole for logging?

 

[smokeythecat]

It's part of a trammel hook for a colonial fireplace. These were hung from an iron (preferable) or wood beam going across the fireplace and held all the pots, kettles, meats for roasting, etc.

Yours is especially nice. Notice the double use? Ring for crook shaped hooks on pots, and the big "U" for either a pot or large piece of meat, probably for a pot.

 

[ticndig]

can you provide a pic of a trammel hook like this one ? what was the barb at the end used for

 

[Rookster]

Think Plug N Play nailed it. Nice find.

 

[smokeythecat]

It is hand forged. By the US Civil War, not much was forged anymore except for horseshoes, which does put it in an earlier time frame. The point on the end is decoration, and typical of 18th century ironwares. George Neumann's book on "Early American Antique Country Furnishings" has some examples.

Where it fit into the wood was WAY too small for any pressure to be put on it, like for a pike. It was used in a stationary manner. Weight, not stress. And not too much weight or it would break and fall into the fireplace.

Most colonial homes which burned were from kitchen fires, and a primary cause was the "hearth pole", the piece going across the open hearth broke and whatever was on it flew out into the room, catching it on fire.

At Mt. Vernon, if you look at the pictures of it, the kitchen was a separate building next to the house. Some folks of course couldn't afford that luxury.

If you look at Ebay now and search "18th century kitchen" there are a couple postcards from Colonial Williamsburg showing what I'm talking about with the whole kitchen setup.

 

[Qtronic]

Wow!
Thanks for all the fast replies everyone, someone asked where I got it, that detail is not very exciting, I got it at a secondhand store for $5.00!Also should have stated it has the letters ‘NL’ on it. And I’m located in Seattle WA.

 

[creskol]

It looks like a 18th century wrought iron ice hook, meant to go on a wooden shaft, and that was used for guiding the direction of cut ice blocks in bodies of water.

 

[Qtronic]

The plot thickens!
Just went back to the same secondhand store and checked the collectibles counter and there was another smaller one, so I paid $5. For the big one, found on the regular store shelves 3 days ago, and the smaller one for $20 from the collectibles case. Figured $25.00 to secure both was worth it even if the pricing on them was somewhat lopsided. Now I’ve got two! Thanks for all of your opinions on these items everyone!

 

[trikikiwi]

Looking at function over design, I can imagine the ring can be used to attach a line, to draw out the hook if it got stuck in whatever it was used for, which to me, makes timber a likely suspect.

 

[Plug N Play]

Seattle ... Puget Sound ... They moved a lot of logs on the water, there.
NL may be a Lumber Company ?
They would have handed out a lot of equipment.

 

[HuntinDog]

So what did they call it in the collectable case??

 

[ticndig]

A few of you guys seem very sure what this is . but most of you don't agree on what it is and can't show an example like the one here with the ring. all are very good guesses , it could be any one of them but it can't be all of them.

 

[A2coins]

Good Id