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Robert in NY

11-13-2007 18:45:12




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A while ago we were working on a job and the old feller who owned the house showed me this spike. He has no idea what it is for or from and it baffled me also so I figure someone on here will know.

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rwp

11-16-2007 16:57:39




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
Robert: Earlier on I said this spike was a wood splitter. So I did a little experiment--tried to split wood with it--because of the large ball on the end and the spurs on the tip, I am not sure now; but I think I am closer to the use of this spike. My nephew was out and he harvests trees with a team of horses. I showed him the spike and he told his dad and this is what his dad had to say. They drove these in the end of the log, tied all the logs together, and floated them down the river to a paper mill. They also used them to make tripods and run cables to tree-to-tree or tripod-to-tripod to lift the log from the ground to the wagons. After reading some of the forums, that is probably why some are finding them in the end of the log. He also said that he has seen this at the Mackinac Fort, but they could not identify it either. My feeling is they have used this after the logging days for anything they wanted to use it for. But I don"t like not knowing what items true names are. But this time--I think I goofed by calling it a log splitter!

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Jeff-oh

11-14-2007 11:57:25




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
It looks like a wood spliting wedge to me. One of the 4-way attempts. I do not think they ever worked all that well.



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Bob Farrell

11-14-2007 11:31:47




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
Don't have any idea what it is. Want to sell it? If so, e-mail me (open) with a price and s&H. I like odd stuff. Thanks! bob farrell



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pnt inc

11-14-2007 08:27:29




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
good luck useing it to split wood 4 ways. these are VERY hard to drive and expect to split wood 4 ways. scrap it.



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did this work

11-14-2007 04:51:05




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
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maybe a picture of your spike



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Robert in NY

11-14-2007 06:07:49




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to did this work, 11-14-2007 04:51:05  
Your picture didn't show up for me.



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Ken Crisman

11-13-2007 20:02:45




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
Its an awfully dark pics but it resembles a railroad spike . God bless, Ken



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Robert in NY

11-14-2007 06:09:54




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Ken Crisman, 11-13-2007 20:02:45  
The pics were taking by my camera phone which isn't that great but good for a camera phone. This doesn't look like any of the railroad spikes we have around here.



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RWP

11-13-2007 19:25:54




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
Robert I have this woodsplitter wedge. I got it from my dad, who passes away at age 95. He wanted me to have alot of his antique tools he had collected through the years. His Farmall F12, old saw blades and hand tools (brace & bits). I took photos of some of these and put them on Country Life. Since I now know how to post on URL, I will take more photos tomorrow and see if I can post them on this web.

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tompepper

11-13-2007 19:17:33




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
I agree with handyman.it's a splitting wedge for fire wood.if your lucky it splits it in 4 peices.



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Handyman

11-13-2007 19:06:46




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to midwstfarm, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
its a splitting wedge, I have seen some similar to it for sale in hardware stores that sell firewood cutting tools.



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Robert in NY

11-13-2007 18:47:34




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
I do not think the pic links are working but they can be seen at http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/rural-living/110618-what-spike.html



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Robert in NY

11-13-2007 18:45:53




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 Re: Help identifying this spike in reply to Robert in NY, 11-13-2007 18:45:12  
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Another view



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