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2find4me

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Was I duh persons that got it right?!?[:D] (Say yes!)
 

surfaceone

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So far at least 1 person has gotten it right.

So, Plumby,

Are we talking dual use technology now?

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"Forged and wrought iron tool of unknown date. The tool is likely to be a small wood-working flat adze or a large flat chisel. It is most likely to date from either the Roman period (100-450 AD) or the medieval periods (1200-1500). The tool is an irregular shape in plan with a large semi-circular – crescent shaped cutting blade which tapers into slender sub-triangular tang with straight sides. The tang terminates in a rounded butt. In profile the tool is triangular and in cross section it is an irregular D shape." From.

Adze or bark scraper?

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I think Jamie got it right.. makes sense someone found it cause the top broke off and it fell to the bottom of someone's bath tub..
 

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medieval torture tool



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Be patient Rick, there's just a few days left.
Really though it so obvious that even I know what it is, I just don't want tell the whole story.

Well I will I guess, if your twisting my arm.

It's a multi tool kinda thing used in cock fight's. I probably can't say cock so I'll spell it crock.

Anyway, it's the rooster head dress that serves as a disemboweling tool and also tenderizes the meat while later skins the opponent for use as leather. Then it marks the skin for hole punches. It does way more but that's another story.

That or a curry comb. [:D][:D]
 

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Nope, it is not a dual-use tool. It isn't a weapon/torture device, scraper, gear/part of mechanism, leather, or food preparation tool.

ORIGINAL: cowseatmaize

Anyway, it's the rooster head dress that serves as a disemboweling tool and also tenderizes the meat while later skins the opponent for use as leather. Then it marks the skin for hole punches. It does way more but that's another story.

Haha! Funny guess Eric [:D]

It seems that I made things a bit too difficult, so it would be proper to include another image:

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Feel free to keep guessing y'all. No limit to the number you can submit as long as they are thoughtful guesses.
 

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from the new image i have deduced that it is a type of saw.
the teeth are slightly askew much like sawblades today, but i do not know how old that tech actually is. so thats my guess.
 

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