Got a Clue?? I don't!!

[jerryd6818]

Anyone have a clue what this is, cause I sure as heck don't.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Antique ... 1992161751?

[gsmith7158]

Wow Jerry. That looks like a vampire killer.

[treefarmer]

How about the possibility of that being driven into the south end of a wooden handle of an Estwing hammer, hatchet or axe? I don't think they made only stacked leather handles .
Treefarmer

[gsmith7158]

Looks like the it is made for splitting something but looks too small for logs. It's an Estwing though probably pretty good at its intended use.

[kootenay joe]

It would split smaller rounds, maybe up to 1' diameter. Hatchets tend to get stuck in the wood rather than split it. You could split rounds by hammering on this tool with the flat end of your Estwing hatchet. Packing both would still be lighter, easier than packing a splitting axe.
kj

[#goldpan]

Never seen anything like that. Reminds me of a tool for de-burring pipes after they have been cut.

[terryl308]

Pretty sure it is a deburing tool. I have one but mine is only 3 sided and is 6" overall length with the blade being 2 1/4", but mine is a "no maker" stamp that I have had around for 20 or 30 years. I use it for cleaning up rough cut holes in brass and wood. It might be used for splitting wood ,however but seems a little small for that use. Terry

[knife7knut]

I had a tool that was very similar to this many years ago. It was a 4 sided forging with sharpened edges about 5 inches long with what looked like a guard in the middle and the handle was flat with what looked like an open end wrench for a pommel.Cast into the handle area were the letters USMC. I was told it was a tool for punching holes in leather that was affixed to a machine.The letters supposedly stood for United Shoe Machine Company. Wish I could remember what I did with it.

[btrwtr]

I believe it is a broken claw hammer or hatchet that has been ground down and re-purposed. If you remove the leather washers from an older Estwing hammer or hatchet the inside profile of the tang is a 4 pointed cross exactly like you see in the OP tool.

Broken and re-purposed. waste not, want not like grandma always said.

[FRJ]

They don't make em like that anymore.
I think that's a handle off of a drilling hammer that somehow got separated from the hammer head.
The stacked leather continued up the shaft. Some leather rounds removed and it was ground for a different purpose.

Wayne and I were pressing buttons at the same time....................

[cato]

mmm, the Gardner did it, in the shed