Is it an old Bottle opener??

[APOTHEHUTCH]

i know exactly what this is.trust me, ive handled hundreds of these! it is a reflector bracket mount to an older bicycle. this would of been for the front reflector. the large hole would of slid over the fork tube.the protruding "key" in the hole fit in a slot on the fork tube. the mount was originally bent at 90 degrees just behind the 2 small holes.you can just see the crease in the picture.the actual reflector was mounted on the 2 holes.

 

[foresthillian]

Wow!!, do you happen to have any good pictures of one the way it is supposed to look?

 

[APOTHEHUTCH]

no problem....ill have some pics posted here shortly

 

[grdigger35]

It looks more like doorknob plate.

 

[APOTHEHUTCH]

i was only able to find some examples of newer examples. still basically made the same way as the old ones.there are sooo many variations but all do basically the same thing.the reflector hole pattern (the 2 small holes at end) may vary from model to model.but the keyed fork hole is the same. yours was a basic simple design as all the old ones were. the newer ones have special bends and forms to make a little stronger.see the 4 pics. they should speak for themselves.i can only post one pic per message.

 

[APOTHEHUTCH]

2nd pic

 

[APOTHEHUTCH]

3rd pic

 

[APOTHEHUTCH]

4th pic

 

[APOTHEHUTCH]

5pic

 

[foresthillian]

Any idea the age of the one I found, is it from the '50s or earlier?