[TheForge] OT (?) What's this?

[Woolley]

Sound logic.


Peter Hirst wrote:
> Let's think about this.
>
> Occam's razor:  the simplest answer that expalins all the facts is 
> most likely the correct one.
>
> Its iron, it was found in a blacksmith shop, its got a stake on the 
> bottom of it that looks like other blacksmith tools.
>
> Doesn't look or work like any meat hook, grappling hook, anchor, 
> chandelier part or architectural device any of us has actually seen.
>
> Doesn't mean it has to be, but it does mean a very high probability 
> that its a blacksmith tool.
>
> The hooks rotate around   an axel.  The axel  attaches to something. 
> Something else, probably four of something else, hangs from the hooks, 
> and probably rotate while hanging.  Something heavy. Something readliy 
> attached and detached from the hooks.  Something that alrady has a 
> hole in it, as the hooks are not sharp.   Neither the stake nor the 
> thread and nut end readily attaches to rope, chain or cable.  Does 
> attach readily to a stake plate, hardie hole, hole in ceiling, hole in 
> beam.
>
> Meat hooks don't need the hardie stake or the rotations.  Oils lamps, 
> when they hang, hang by frames called harps, they gont hang in groupd 
> of four and don't hang from hooks or anything else this heavy.  And 
> they wouldnt use the hardie stake.  Nothing would, except a hardie hole.
>
> So far, the only thing that expalins all the features of this thing 
> --  including where it was found -- is the chain hanger.
>
> ;=]
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <wmullett at bright.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:30 PM
> Subject: RE: Re: [TheForge] OT (?) What's this?
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>> Just because its iron doesn't mean it's a blacksmithing tool.
>>
>> This looks like a grappling hook of some type.   Simple ones were 
>> made to toss down a well to catch a dropped bucket.  Other ones were 
>> more special - like ones dropped in well casings to catch a broken 
>> bit.  Maybe a weight was attached to the bottom and .... it's 
>> interesting.
>>
>>
>> From: "Rich Maynard" <rich at maynard.org.uk>
>> Date: Thu Jan 31, 2:04 PM
>> To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: RE: Re: [TheForge] OT (?) What's this?
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>> Yes, they do. The section with the hooks (and there are 4) is an easy
>> sliding/rotating fit on the shaft.
>>
>> The tail of the shaft is about the right size to fit in a hardy hole, 
>> and it
>> does have a slot punched all the way through it which could take a 
>> wedge to
>> lock it onto something.
>>
>> Richard Maynard - Artist Blacksmith
>> The Forge, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire SG10 6BS
>>
>> rich at muchhadhamforge.co.uk
>> www.muchhadhamforge.co.uk
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
>> wmullett at bright.net
>> Sent: 31 January 2008 18:53
>> To: Sponsored by ABANA
>> Subject: Re: Re: [TheForge] OT (?) What's this?
>>
>>
>> NOT a slaughter hook.    You would never hang three carcasses 
>> together ...
>> need air space.  And since these hooks are really heavy don't suggest 
>> that
>> they could be for small animals like chickens or rabbits. :-)
>>
>> My question is, will the hooks slide on the rod?  They appear like they
>> might be able to.
>>
>> -----------
>>
>> From: Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net>
>> Date: Thu Jan 31, 11:06 AM
>> To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT (?) What's this?
>>
>> I'm about 98% certain that this is precisely what it is.
>>
>> Rich Maynard wrote:
>>> Good - now what do you think it is?!?
>>>
>>> One suggestion is that it is for hanging animals on in a
>>> slaughterhouse.
>>>
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