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[u2robert]

What is this?

 

[fwcrawford]

My first thought is something key like that is inserted into a hole and turns something… maybe to adjust something.
Looks like bronze…

 

[dmckee17]

I don't know, but I like it. Looks like a well made, hand fabricated little tool

 

[u2robert]

I don't know, but I like it. Looks like a well made, hand fabricated little tool

I was thinking maybe something for an old clock?

 

[fwcrawford]

I was thinking maybe something for an old clock?

That thought came to me also.
Another thought is simply a device used for knitting.

 

[still looking 52]

Looks like a pot hanger to me.
Just my guess.

 

[Dave~UT]

It's a Victorian Button Hook. Used to button up a mans or womans shoes. Here's a short video.

 

[Gold Buddy]

What is this?

Home made rug hook? https://woolery.com/rug-hooking/hooks.html

 

[fyrffytr1]

I agree with Dave-Ut. A hook used to button shoes and maybe gloves.

shoe button hooks - Google Search

 

[Coin Rescue Inc]

That is a good choice. I thought maybe a game bird gutting tool.

 

[Old Longhair]

As soon as I saw it I knew it was a button hook. I have a couple that I inherited from their original owners.

 

[Ronstar]

Again, I was going for the 7 prong liver scratcher…….. oh well

 

[fyrffytr1]

Again, I was going for the 7 prong liver scratcher…….. oh well

That was my second guess!

 

[Draco]

When I saw the breasts of the lady, I was no longer interested in the hook.

 

[Wild Willy]

Draco, you are right. The heck with the hook. Side note: We have an old general store on the farm that was closed up and securely locked, we thought. The store was a capsule of time, full of hand written ledgers of daily sales, tin, glass and cardboard advertising "things" on the walls, racks of patent medicine, cigar cutters, old wooden barrels to hold various things, canned goods, small glass containers with metal lids to hold candy, well, you name it but the prize, to me, were the boxes and boxes of new Victorian, button-up shoes. Needless to say someone broke in and literally stole everything they could. Heart broken and P.O. needless to say. Some of the items are probably on Cracker Barrell walls.