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[clump63]

Found about 5-6 inches down in a side yard of an old farmhouse. The owner showed up and said it looked like a morter tool used by brick masons but wasn't sure.

 

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[DJ_Quinn]

That looks like the old mortar spreaders that I've seen here in Ireland. It looks to be in pretty good shape.

 

[Getty]

Ive seen similar for packing the old horse hair and lead solder joints on drain pipes.

 

[cs1969]

Weren't those mortar things called strikers?

 

[dano91]

It's a tuck pointer used by masons, also called strikers.