Hook

[Bill Gaiche]

Does anybody have a clue what this hook is? It is with some old horse harness and hay hooks which came from a Iowa farm. There are no holes or such in it. Thanks for looking, bg

 

[Ljohnsaw]

A blacksmith test/practice piece?

[Diesel 40 Don]

It looks to me like a tooth for a spike tooth harrow.  It was held to the bar by a special U-bolt so it could be adjusted for depth.  That is why there are no holes in it.  It was probably a couple inches longer when new, they wear down with use.

[mike_belben]

Yeah im gonna say its a harrow tine, probably horse drawn.  

Look at the inside radius between the nails, youll see two wear spots where it was captured or pinch bolted in some form of holder. 

[Southside]

Trout fishing hook, used to have a bunch that size growing up. You should see the worms we had to fight onto them.  :D

[Nebraska]

That's the humane barb less style.

[Barebuttminer]

If my memory serves me correctly, I recall my grandfather using a similar shaped hooked knife to trim the hoofs on horses.

[moodnacreek]

Trout fishing hook, used to have a bunch that size growing up. You should see the worms we had to fight onto them.  :D

What did you use for cat fishen?

[Southside]

Where I am from we didn't have no stinkin' catfish, here and there you could find Hornpout in a muddy bottom, shallow, lake, 8" was a good sized one, too cold for real cats.  We did have Cusk - now that is one UGLY, slimy, but oh so good eating fish!!  Of course you would need a hook about that big to skin a cusk.  You don't eat or cook them with the skin on, have to skin them just like a deer, only a lot harder.  

[mike_belben]

Well then cross cusk off my white bucket list.

[Ed_K]

 I was raised catholic so I don't eat fish ;D,we'd catch hornpout by the dozens and plant one beside every corn stock. They grew real good.

[moodnacreek]

I don't know what that hook is but  bullheads [horn pout] from cold clean water are as good or better than walleye.

[farmfromkansas]

I have an old drag harrow my dad bought used, it has those hook teeth on the corners.  I use it to harrow the pasture in the spring. Keeps hay the cows did not eat from smothering out the grass.

[barbender]

Ed, that's pretty funny!😂😂

[terrifictimbersllc]

Magic hook 1.0 :D

[K-Guy]

We did have Cusk - now that is one UGLY, slimy, but oh so good eating fish!!

Cusk, Ling Cod and a host of other names are all the same fish. It's a freshwater cod, same taste just not quite as strong.