anyone know what this is?

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  1. Etherea

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    Found in the countryside at an old horse farm.
    any ideas? A what is this..jpg
     
  2. princess peedge

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    I forget what they're called but they hold the blades on an industrial mower. Not a lawn mower, but like a sickle bar mower ranchers and farmers use for making hay.

    At least, that's what they look like
     
  3. canuck9999

    canuck9999 Member Lifetime Supporter

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    Yep.
     
  4. Etherea

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    Well done people. We have been sitting looking at this for a week and to be perfectly frank some of our ideas have been ridiculous to say the least
     
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  5. wilsjane

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    They reminded me of the things we had planted in the ground just outside the front door of our house in the country.
    They were intended for scraping the mud or snow off our boots before we went into the hallway.
     
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  6. ~Zen~

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    I have seen these, used to scrape the mud off your boots after working in the fields or garden before entering the home. Often just outside the entryway.

    We could use some here on the farm!
     
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  7. nudistguyny

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    They are for scraping mud and other stuff off of your boots. Common on farms, ranches etc. Usually cast iron.
     
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  8. Native Vee

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    They look quite handy on a farm!!
     
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    Knife guard from a sickle bar mower. Once they would wear out they likely became something to scrape mud off of boots, but that wasn't their original purpose.
     
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  10. Etherea

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    We have used boot scrapers and crossed them off the list almost immediately. My husband believes princess peedge's explanation. He says thanks and now sees it quite clearly.
     
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  11. Joe90

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    Used to get your riding boots off,or your Wellington boots off.
     
  12. Joe90

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    Very close, Zen. It was used to put your foot in between, (were you though you put the heal to clean the mud off your boot/shoes) and pull off your riding boot or your Wellington boot. I think you call them, gumboots in the states. The two spikes, was pushed into the ground to secure the device.
     
  13. Joe90

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    You mean like a paper weigh or an old fashioned hole punch. Or a scaled mock up of a ships anchor. Perhaps a shark/whale fishing hook.
     
  14. Joe90

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    So does tractor and plough.

    Just having a laugh Native Vee, I hope you take in good jest. If not, I do apologies.
     

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