I know it's a hook but...
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I know it's a hook but...
This popped up from about six inches in a heavy clay pasture last weekend. The 'safe' end looks like it was attached to something permanently before it was lost but I have no idea what. Is the slightly unusual curve indicative of anything other than something to hang a jacket from?
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Re: I know it's a hook but...
Difficult. Many things had hooks like this to hang them. (Oil) Lights. Kettles. Pots and pans. and much more.
Good luck hunting.
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Re: I know it's a hook but...
Looks like it could be a shepherd's crook?
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Re: I know it's a hook but...
Do they have miniature sheep in Glasgow?
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Re: I know it's a hook but...
Having had a 'butcher's hook', it could well be a Butcher's Hook. Unfortunately, hooks are such a utilitarian item, I can't add anything more to flesh-out my answer 
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Re: I know it's a hook but...
I was thinking along the lines of a butchers hook with a mounting plate at the rusted end which may even swivelled or one of those hooks that hung from ceilings for pots and pans .Also as you found it on pasture land it could be a hook that was attached to fencing or in a barn for hanging hay bales on, for cattle or horses to feed from.
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Re: I know it's a hook but...
Think that covers it Steve - I was also wondering whether there was a swivel.maylandmanta wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 4:16 pmI was thinking along the lines of a butchers hook with a mounting plate at the rusted end which may even swivelled or one of those hooks that hung from ceilings for pots and pans .Also as you found it on pasture land it could be a hook that was attached to fencing or in a barn for hanging hay bales on, for cattle or horses to feed from.
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As Fred said, the OP's original self-ID was spot on
No way of proving what it was used for. I'd go for a Victorian cooking pot hook.Phil
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Re: I know it's a hook but...
It's a modern brass hook with the threaded iron shank corroded away.
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Re: I know it's a hook but...
Depends on what you call "modern".
To me the options that i've mentioned i also call "modern", but still those are easily 100 years old or more. In those cases the iron can also still be there.
To me the options that i've mentioned i also call "modern", but still those are easily 100 years old or more. In those cases the iron can also still be there.
Good luck hunting.
Disclaimer: If i give advices i talk from my personal perspective, and it is not to copy 1 on 1. I rely on everyone’s common sense. Everyone has to think himself about implementing it for himself and to consider legal circumstances.
Disclaimer: If i give advices i talk from my personal perspective, and it is not to copy 1 on 1. I rely on everyone’s common sense. Everyone has to think himself about implementing it for himself and to consider legal circumstances.