Tool, what is it ?

[Yogie]

Has a nice smooth handle so nothing you would hit with a mallet or hammer. Weight is about 6 pound just guessing.

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[Eugene]

What is/are the diameter/s?

Two thoughts. Were sharp edges? Bung hole enlarging tool for barrels. And blacksmith tool for enlarging holes in steel.

Edit: Perhaps reaming the hub for a wooden wheel.

[Yogie]

I don't have the tool in hand but guess it to be about 3 inches. Comes to a very slight point just enough that you can't stand it on its end without it falling over.

[Yogie]

Might have been sharp on the end. Next time I see it later this week I'll try to see if the sides could have been sharp.

[CharlieK]

don't think it's designed for applying/removing tractor tires

[Jim Reid]

Not sure i think it's a device to plant wheelbarrow seed.

[tldec50]

1.maybe drill bit used in mining?
2.cave man drill bit for center hole in wheel

[john2189]

Don’t think it is a drill bit or reamer. You could never get any torque to turn it with the shape of the handle.

Could it have had a mating female part to make it some sort of crusher? Like a mortar and pestle?

[Flemmingth]

Looks like a tool my grandpa used when i helped him making home made rope out of used tie yarn +65 years ago.
Grandpa's tool was made of hard wood.
4 minutes into this YouTube video, you can see how rope was made when grandpa was a little boy.
https://youtu.be/U33liPsRUyY

[Gary Dotson]

I think the rope making tool has merit.

[john2189]

I think the rope making tool has merit.

I agree, but why would they have made it out of heavy metal?

[Jim Becker]

I think the rope making tool has merit.

I agree, but why would they have made it out of heavy metal?

Durability? Cable rather than rope?

However, the handle is in a really inconvenient location for use in making rope as in the video.

[indy61]

I'm not sure it's even a tool. My first thought was a decorative finale where the bottom portion would be embedded in concrete but I don't know, never seen one like it.

[john2189]

I think the rope making tool has merit.

I agree, but why would they have made it out of heavy metal?

Durability? Cable rather than rope?

However, the handle is in a really inconvenient location for use in making rope as in the video.

I found a couple of videos that use a piece like that and none of them used the handle on the side

[john2189]

Yogie,

Where did you find this? Was anything else around it to give us a clue what it could be?