Spatula like item - but no real idea of its purpose

Hello all

Hoping someone may be of assistance on this weird one. I was given this spatula thingy and in researching can find no information on it.

It has a stamp on the back (see picture 4) that says 'patented, Feldt Mfg Co Inc, Jamestown NY'. I can find no reference to a company called Feldt in Jamestown NY, nor a patent in reference to a Feldt Mfg. It measures 24cm / 9 1/4 inches long and is made of metal. In looking at the handle and the notches there, it is possible there may have been a cross handle, probably wood(?) that fit between the two ends.

And then there is simply the question of what this tool does. I thought it might be a trowel or scraper of some sort, but the handle is quite flexible so one wouldn't get much force.

Any ideas welcome.