What is it? LXXVII

#443: Hammer for body work, sheet metal work #444: Tool for pressing/forming caps onto small bottles. Like vaccine bottles etc. #445: for folding paper. "Scribe" a groove into paper, then bend it along that groove. #447: some kind of quick caliper?

Nick

I'd think for likely it's for (re)loading shotgun shells

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Don't think it's a hayhook although I suppose it could have been used as such.

Can't get much of a feel for the overall size as I have no idea what the

But, hey, who knows what them crazy Canadians did, eh? :)

Heyyyy, I resemble that remark!

I agree, too small for a hay hook, which typically only had one hook with a T-handle. At least when I loaded hay those many years ago. Nowadays it's giant round bales and a forklift, except for the local Mennonites and Amish who still load horse-drawn wagons and loaders with pitchforks.

Logging hooks are not usually big, at least not the handheld ones. There's a practical limit to how big a log a couple of loggers can lift.

That's a hand hook for bundles or small square/round bales...

A double-hook similar to that shown was used often for loose hay in lofts, loading/unloading wagons, etc. For that purpose it seems far to small and I've not seen one w/ the ratchet mechanism, either.

And, of course, don't forget the 40 or 60-ft boom stacker... :)

Here most everbody simply uses a balefork on the tractor for moving just a few. Almost everybody has gone to the 2T round here as well.

That's why I made my guess...I'm thinking this one might have been used w/ a team. (But what do I know--ain't no trees within 200 miles of here... :) )

Regarding 447: Perhaps a clamping hook for pulling roots and smaller stumps in clearing farm land. Agree that it is much too small and heavy for a bale-grabber and too small for a loose-fodder fork, which more typically have an 'armspan' of 6 feet or more.

Lumpy

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Did you ever tell us fer sure what 436 is?

Jeff

I'm thinking it was more like a "skidder" hence the latch mechanism?

Doesn't look tough enough to me for rough work such as the stump puller although that's hard to judge from the picture--if knew how much it weighed might help to judge.

The overall length in the first photo is 19".

Rob