come on then what is it?

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Didn't have a mug handy so second pic its on a manhole cover for you to get an idea of the size

 

[123hotchef]

boot scraper

 

[Wallace]

For splitting ash or willow for fences?

 

[nickk]

as above-FROE.

 

[Browser]

Automatic thingmy for getting stones out of horses hooves?

 

[CompoSimmonite]

I'm wondering if it's something for cutting roots - hook blade underneath and then stand on the flat end ?
Another thought is a tool to do with thatch roofing ?

 

[Tigman]

Dog S*** Flicker !

 

[Parm]

Ive seen something similar in India earlier this year. Partially sit on the flat bit bit and use the hooked bit which should be sharp for cutting. I watched some women using something very similar to cut spinach type greens

 

[Wallace]

Dog S*** Flicker !

 

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Dog S*** Flicker !

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not quite a jobbie weecha
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[Barking Mat]

Medieval torture device?

 

[bricol]

Ive seen something similar in India earlier this year. Partially sit on the flat bit bit and use the hooked bit which should be sharp for cutting. I watched some women using something very similar to cut spinach type greens

Seem to be exactly that - under miscellanous tools a long way down this page: http://billhooks.co.uk/other-edge-tools/

 

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so there we go then
i always wondered what it was
had it for years .....no idea where i got it


'An Indian vegetable cutter'

Miscellaneous Tools:A wide range of other chopping and cutting tools can be found for harvesting a variety of crops, these includeBeet Knives, used for topping and tailing of sugar beet and other varieties or mangolds or turnips grown as feed for livestock andCabbage Knives, for cutting the thick woody stems of cabbages and sprouts;Lettuce Knivesfor trimming lettuces;Cotton knives(USA) or just general patternField Knives. In France the ‘serpe à betterave’ is a billhook shapedbeet knife with a thin blade. English beet knives often have a spike on the back (similar to a block hook), or sometimes on the front of the blade, used for picking the next beet from the pile… In India a billhook shaped tool with a tripod leg arrangement, used cutting edge
uppermost, is used for removing the husk from coconuts and for the preparation of vegetables for cooking.

 

[Parm]

so there we go then
i always wondered what it was
had it for years .....no idea where i got it


'An Indian vegetable cutter'

Miscellaneous Tools:A wide range of other chopping and cutting tools can be found for harvesting a variety of crops, these includeBeet Knives, used for topping and tailing of sugar beet and other varieties or mangolds or turnips grown as feed for livestock andCabbage Knives, for cutting the thick woody stems of cabbages and sprouts;Lettuce Knivesfor trimming lettuces;Cotton knives(USA) or just general patternField Knives. In France the ‘serpe à betterave’ is a billhook shapedbeet knife with a thin blade. English beet knives often have a spike on the back (similar to a block hook), or sometimes on the front of the blade, used for picking the next beet from the pile… In India a billhook shaped tool with a tripod leg arrangement, used cutting edge
uppermost, is used for removing the husk from coconuts and for the preparation of vegetables for cooking.

My grandad was a tool maker and he made something similar for my grandmother. It was made of stainless steel. I will see if I can dig it out and post up a picture

 

[Parm]

Traditional indian vegetable cutter, picture borrowed from the Internet

 

[Appyasme1]

It`s the Loch-Ness monster.The base is used to keep it upright when it is in the water.

 

[kontiki]

Could be a beet cutter

 

[Migmac]

For top and tailing turnips

 

[8ob]

@Parm is bang on, its an injun veggy cutter .

Fourth from last on this page http://billhooks.co.uk/other-edge-tools/

Bob

 

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ha found some thing else

same again whats it for
pound coin for size