Posted 8 years ago
northwoods…
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This item was found in 1961 buried in roughly 3 feet of sand along the Big Fork river in Big Falls, Minnesota. We are so far unable to identify what it is and we are hoping some of you in the community here may be able to help us! It articulates and opens. On the bolt there is what appears to be a stamp that says HH. We are unsure if this could have come from a wagon, tractor, or is a piece of logging equipment. The original owner has asked many loggers if they could identify this part and they weren't sure what it would have belonged too. Any insight anyone here can provide would be appreciated.
Looks like "1-1-1" to me but don't think that has anything to do with identifying it. Maybe a lineman's tool ? OH, welcome to CyberAsylum / CW.
Thanks everyone! Now that you mention the 1-1-1, I do believe that is what it is rather than HH now that I look more closely. If that's the case, then no, those numbers have nothing to do with it. It only represents iron quality I do believe.
Some folks have suggested this tool was used for riveting horse harness, but I've Google for hours and can turn up no similar images. Thanks for the thoughts so far!
It has a pin on the face of the jaw shown & we assume there is another on the jaw not shown. They are there for a reason & that appears to be for holding something to be drawn together. Now what ?
I recently posted on a museum list-serve page (a resource site for those of us in the museum world) and it was recently suggested to me from some fellow collections workers that this item may have been used to set a saw. Certainly a possibility but nobody has been able to truly deduce what this object is FOR SURE. :)
Now that is different.
I have no clue as what this is but I would be quite sure it is not a saw set. A saw set would have two supports and a center pin to bend the tooth.
Having the post with a cotter pin hole suggests that it may be part of something larger.
Is it possible cutter blades were fastened on the pins at the tip?
I dismissed that immediately. I had a tool for setting saw teeth & saw no way this would do that job.
Thank you for your thoughts and comments! We still have no identification for this object, so any other suggestions are welcome. :)
I am curious as to the purpose of the small pin on the lower jaw it looks like it was made to maybe be inserted into something. (maybe this is a small part of something larger)
It looks to me like this was made to adjust some kind of hardness. The strap would go through and whatever is missing in that pin on the bottom secure it while more stretching is done. Some how like the ones the truckers use now days to ensured the load on the back of a truck.