Antique tools

Bkoch87

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Ladies and gentleman,
I need your help. My wife and I just bought an old farm place and while cleaning up in the yard to mow, I found ,what I thought to be a piece of rebar turned out to be a tool of some sort. I have asked multiple people of ages ranging from 55-92 and some have seen it before but can't remember what it's called little known what's its purpose. So I'm very curious and asking you guys for help.
Thanks in advance
Bkoch87
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A quick first guess would be an ironworker's wrench--some other names are spud wrench, lineman's wrench, bridge wrench and I'm sure plenty of other variations. The pointed end is for aligning bolt or rivet holes, and the slotted end (which has many different configurations depending on the exact application) can be used for twisting or aligning sections to fit--in this case, possibly on some sort of latticework truss. Blacksmiths use similar tools for bending and aligning parts of their work as well.
 
(quoted from post at 19:00:15 08/11/15) A quick first guess would be an ironworker's wrench--some other names are spud wrench, lineman's wrench, bridge wrench and I'm sure plenty of other variations. The pointed end is for aligning bolt or rivet holes, and the slotted end (which has many different configurations depending on the exact application) can be used for twisting or aligning sections to fit--in this case, possibly on some sort of latticework truss. Blacksmiths use similar tools for bending and aligning parts of their work as well.

We used to call them tweakers back in the day.
 

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