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    Posted 10 years ago

    myelcamino80
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    dug it up in upstate ny not sure what it is and i really like finding old stuff but this has me stumped

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    1. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      looks like a home-made machete w/ a stamp to me. the stamp looks like it has some age to it.
    2. Kydur Kydur, 10 years ago
      Depending on the size of it (and based on the scale of what looks to be a computer keyboard to the left) I'd say it was a butcher's knife: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher_knife
    3. BeautifulOrUseful, 10 years ago
      It looks like a butcher knife that was used as a froe (to split wood,) given the deformation on the back of the blade--looks like it has been beat on a lot. Most froes have a wooden handle that is perpendicular to the long axis of the blade, but here is a link to a modern froe with a handle in-line (parallel) to the long axis of the blade: http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/mikichiku/item/1393661/
    4. likeoldstuff, 9 years ago
      Looks like a corn knife. Maybe tobacco knife. Probably from the 30's-40's.

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