Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarMay 10

Drizzly day, so I found some barn work. Tidying up the gardening tools and other junk.

These are just the usable ones, there's another pile that size in need of repair, mostly broken/wobbling handles. Half of those are pitchforks 😆

There's a bunch of sacks with chewed open bags of various fertilizers, salt and other chemicals, some of them with still readable labels. Luckily only small quantities.

Also a few mystery tools, like that massive thick steel bar. No idea what's that for. I've used it for making grooves to put seeds in :)

#Homestead #Cleanup #Barn

Show threadnobodyMay 10
@yngmar massive steel bar? could it be digging bar? if so, it used to be commonly used for post holes or making holes in stone for dynamite etc
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarMay 10
@Rajiv What do they look like?
Show threadnobodyMay 10

@yngmar there are couple of different types. most common ones I used to see in India were thick heavy steel bars with pointed end. thes are used for digging in heavy / packed soil or holes in to boulders that can be filled with dynamite to break the rock faces. they are often seen on construction sites. second type has flat chisel like end and that variety is often used for prying things and can also be knows as spud bars AFAIK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digging_bar

Digging bar - Wikipedia

Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarMay 10
@Rajiv Hmm, ice chisel fits! I'll post a picture later.
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

@Rajiv This thing.

It's very thick steel, and heavy. There is no sharp edge and never has been, all sides are flat and thick, including the angled tip.

It has a turned handle, which is unusually fancy compared to all other tools in the barn. Its relatively short, maybe waist high.

With the tip and the weight and the thick end (partially broken), I think maybe smashing a hole in the ice for fishing may have been what it was for.

It's slightly crooked, which may have been from tool abuse as pry bar, or maybe it was made like that.

#Tool #Mystery #Antique #WhatIsIt

May 10 at 4:11pmWeb