tcreeley
Elite Member
"sjerden: Looks like some kind of handle with a loop to hang it with."
I got thinking of what you said about a handle and loop and of old tools. Then I thought - adjustable handle on a scythe. So I looked it up on google. The loop would be to fit over the shaft of the scythe - half round stock, with a nut to tighten down the handle on the end. The collar is there to push up against the wooden shaft. There is no wear on the steel loop because it is against wood. I think the nut would be wrenched down to set it tight against the shaft. The indentations in the collar would lock up against the shaft and keep it from loosening. I don't have an old scythe handy to check this out.
That handle must have been laying covered in dirt (under an apple tree) for the last 80 years- long enough for the wood to completely rot away. So who lost the scythe handle! - In my nearby garden I've found an ox shoe, horse shoe, and a piece of a clay pipe. In the bottom of my 13' stone well, during a drought, I found a whole clay pipe stamped Glasgow (Scotland).
The videos brought back memories- we had a single row corn picker made of galvanized steel. (vintage 1940's?). The corn went into a corn crib and was ground into grain. One load, when not all the husks were stripped off, my brother and I had the job of shucking the rest of the husks before it could go into the crib.
I got thinking of what you said about a handle and loop and of old tools. Then I thought - adjustable handle on a scythe. So I looked it up on google. The loop would be to fit over the shaft of the scythe - half round stock, with a nut to tighten down the handle on the end. The collar is there to push up against the wooden shaft. There is no wear on the steel loop because it is against wood. I think the nut would be wrenched down to set it tight against the shaft. The indentations in the collar would lock up against the shaft and keep it from loosening. I don't have an old scythe handy to check this out.
That handle must have been laying covered in dirt (under an apple tree) for the last 80 years- long enough for the wood to completely rot away. So who lost the scythe handle! - In my nearby garden I've found an ox shoe, horse shoe, and a piece of a clay pipe. In the bottom of my 13' stone well, during a drought, I found a whole clay pipe stamped Glasgow (Scotland).
The videos brought back memories- we had a single row corn picker made of galvanized steel. (vintage 1940's?). The corn went into a corn crib and was ground into grain. One load, when not all the husks were stripped off, my brother and I had the job of shucking the rest of the husks before it could go into the crib.
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