This has me stumped ????

[psgen]

I found this a few weeks ago and it has me completely stumped. I've ask several people, but to no avail. Anyway it's appox. 13" Long, Tapered to a fine sharp point. It has a slight bow to the rod itself and is fairly heavy. I've included two pics. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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[lucky1777]

I would guess a lightning rod..

 

[Daisy]

My first guess was a cast iron fire poker but 30 cm is a little short... good luck ID-ing it and keep us posted.

 

[DCMatt]

It's a (bent) drop spindle for spinning yarn.

DCMatt

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Looks a little thick to be a spindle.....Is there a little hook/notch at the top....like on the top of a crochet hook?....most spindles have that little notch at the top to catch the yarn...

 

[Montana Jim]

It's a (bent) drop spindle for spinning yarn.

DCMatt

Dang DCMatt... after finding that freaking Drum Fish throat thing I almost want to believe anything you say, but wouldnt an "iron" spindle be a little much, I mean heavy? I thought they would have been wooden... Can you find a picture of one?

I kept thinking horse picket post... I don't know... :P

 

[d2]

I'm gonna guess a "picket pin" also...d2

 

[mojjax]

How about a large pin for a big hinge on a huge iron gate ?

 

[Montana Jim]

I do have a little plastic thing that kinda looks like that - to stick in the ground... it keeps my garden hose from getting tangled.

I kinda like the lightning rod idea too... but I though they would have been copper or brass?

Once again... i dunno.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I am going to go for the gate pin also...its alittle too thin for a wagon pin, unless its one that kept te sideboards in place (removable) on a buckboard or some type of wagon...

 

[DCMatt]

Dang DCMatt... after finding that freaking Drum Fish throat thing I almost want to believe anything you say, but wouldnt an "iron" spindle be a little much, I mean heavy? I thought they would have been wooden... Can you find a picture of one?

Looks a little thick to be a spindle.....Is there a little hook/notch at the top....like on the top of a crochet hook?....most spindles have that little notch at the top to catch the yarn...

OK, maybe not a spindle. But maybe a bobbin or a distaff. I'd bet it is a part from a spinning wheel.

Then again, it could be a drum fish spear...

DCMatt

 

[dkw]

Every lightning rod I've ever seen was hollow and made of copper.

 

[TreasureTales]

Perhaps something like this from a fire starter/smudge pot?

 

[Monty]

A sharpening steel with the abrasive worn or rusted off ? Monty

 

[mech]

wild guess...

from the top of an old wrought iron fence..

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

A sharpening steel with the abrasive worn or rusted off ? Monty

Yes, I had one that looked very much like yours and it was for sharpening. My handle end was german silver and short like yours and had some writing on it. Is your end silver? Here is the only example I could find:

 

[Monty]

Can't find a decent picture of a sharpening steel, but they are mostly exactly a foot long and come to a sharp point and is solid steel and heavy as is the what's it. I am guessing it was worn out and discarded where it was left to start rusting away. At some time it looks like someone used it to pry and bent it. It would make a good pry bar in its present conditon. Just a guess, but with some merit. Monty

 

[dg39]

Can't find a decent picture of a sharpening steel, but they are mostly exactly a foot long and come to a sharp point and is solid steel and heavy as is the what's it. I am guessing it was worn out and discarded where it was left to start rusting away. At some time it looks like someone used it to pry and bent it. It would make a good pry bar in its present conditon. Just a guess, but with some merit. Monty

I'm with you on this one Monty. It is a knife sharpner minus the handle. Way to go!
DG

 

[Michelle]

http://images.google.com/images?sou...LG:en&q=sharpening steel&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Can't find a decent picture of a sharpening steel, but they are mostly exactly a foot long and come to a sharp point and is solid steel and heavy as is the what's it. I am guessing it was worn out and discarded where it was left to start rusting away. At some time it looks like someone used it to pry and bent it. It would make a good pry bar in its present conditon. Just a guess, but with some merit. Monty

I'm with you on this one Monty. It is a knife sharpner minus the handle. Way to go!
DG

I agree...an older one.