✅ SOLVED Possible slag scooper?

[shortbuss]

Hello all, I found what I have been to to be a old "Slag scooper". I haven't seen anything on the internet to prove this to be true. The "scooper" is about 122 inches long, the scooper is about 6 inches long while being bent, the metal shaft is 30.5 inches long. The odd thing is the wood on the back side of the shaft is flat. I am hoping someone can identify this old tool. Thank you.



I'll post more pictures as soon as my phone sends them to my email (been waiting 3 hours now).

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Alex

 

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[ARC]

Golf ball retriever ? ?

 

[shortbuss]

Good idea, but the only problem is the wood is charred by the scooper and on the shaft.



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Alex

 

[releventchair]

Slag is hard to remove from skimming tool. Molten material is hard on anything run across it repeatedly.
If the ladle was found in a context of a furnace it could have been used to add a flux or an alloy to molten material.
Sliding the handle across a furnace wall or a ladle(pour bucket) would wear the handle and expose a side to heat.
The guys slagging used round stock steel I welded a foot or so wide piece of angle iron on the end of to skim and rested it on the edge of the ladles rather than hold it's weight and make a more stable drawing action..
Eventually the slagged end melted too short or accumulated too much slag and I would cut the end off and add a new piece of angle iron.
Some slag could be hammered off but sometimes it was stuck on too good if not full of impurities..


Could it have been used for making maple syrup?
Pouring liquid from a height above a kettle reduces the temperature to reduce a fluid if it's getting too warm while heat source is reduced. Slow adjustment/ response if wood fired.
Molasses needs constant agitation during one phase of making.
Ladles in this pic look big though..

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Possibly something to do with stained glassshaper used in the kiln.

 

[Sod Buster]

Slag is hard to remove from skimming tool. Molten material is hard on anything run across it repeatedly.
If the ladle was found in a context of a furnace it could have been used to add a flux or an alloy to molten material.
Sliding the handle across a furnace wall or a ladle(pour bucket) would wear the handle and expose a side to heat.
The guys slagging used round stock steel I welded a foot or so wide piece of angle iron on the end of to skim and rested it on the edge of the ladles rather than hold it's weight and make a more stable drawing action..
Eventually the slagged end melted too short or accumulated too much slag and I would cut the end off and add a new piece of angle iron.
Some slag could be hammered off but sometimes it was stuck on too good if not full of impurities..


Could it have been used for making maple syrup?
Pouring liquid from a height above a kettle reduces the temperature to reduce a fluid if it's getting too warm while heat source is reduced. Slow adjustment/ response if wood fired.
Molasses needs constant agitation during one phase of making.
Ladles in this pic look big though..

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I've never seen a wood handled slagging device in my 29 years of working in the foundry. If that had been used in an attempt at removing slag, there would have been a lot more than a little charring on the wood. The metal scoop part also seems to be made of rather thin gaged metal. Would have never held up.

 

[releventchair]

Plus 1

I've never seen a wood handled slagging device in my 29 years of working in the foundry. If that had been used in an attempt at removing slag, there would have been a lot more than a little charring on the wood. The metal scoop part also seems to be made of rather thin gaged metal. Would have never held up.

Agreed. It's not a slagger.
Without a drop chute to add alloys to a furnace a ladle could be used for a quick dump.
Coloring agent for glass too could be added that way, perhaps. Context would help.

 

[Old_Okie]

One I actually know! That is an old utility line tool called a spoon by the guys here at the Coop. Back before power augers, holes were dug by hand, and power line poles are set on average 5' deep. That tool was used to clean out the post hole. We still have several around collecting dust.

 

[sutphin]

Maple syrup skimmer /multi use trash removal from liquidsvanzutphen, But maybe a cracklins scooper...

 

[lockster99]

Wow...makes you think there must still be bazillions of specialty tools out there we have "lost" the purpose of over the years.

Bazillions, that's alot.

 

[shortbuss]

One I actually know! That is an old utility line tool called a spoon by the guys here at the Coop. Back before power augers, holes were dug by hand, and power line poles are set on average 5' deep. That tool was used to clean out the post hole. We still have several around collecting dust.

You got it right, thanks for your help!

From Alex

 

[shortbuss]

Agreed. It's not a slagger.
Without a drop chute to add alloys to a furnace a ladle could be used for a quick dump.
Coloring agent for glass too could be added that way, perhaps. Context would help.

Sadly I don't know were it came from before I bought it, all I know is it came from a antique dealer, who thought is was some kind of scooper.
Thanks for the help y'all!

From
Alex

 

[Mark Todd]

I used one that looked about like that 30 some years ago while dong work for my wife's aunt. I was trying to clear her clogged septic well. It was her tool. She said it was made for digging wells, the wooden handle on hers was a about 10 feet long also.

 

[Mud Hut]

One I actually know! That is an old utility line tool called a spoon by the guys here at the Coop. Back before power augers, holes were dug by hand, and power line poles are set on average 5' deep. That tool was used to clean out the post hole. We still have several around collecting dust.

You are exactly right! We used them to spoon out fence post holes.

 

[shortbuss]

Thanks for everyone's input, and help!

From
Alex