Is this a woodworking tool?

Have no idea what it is but, would sure hate to get hit with it

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

Looks a bit like the things you groom cats/dogs with.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

I was thinking a curry comb for a horse.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

curry comb – an old on though

-- -erik & christy-

It’s a fish scaler.

-- Randy, Rustic Artisan, a family tradition. (No PM's - auto-deleted.) - "I am a seeker, not a follower."

I vote for the curry comb. We had one like it when I worked on a farm.

-- Bruce from Central New York

If a curry comb cleans horses hoofs then I agree.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Hey Yorkie, looks like something from the inquisition.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

You know that stool you posted a long time ago that had a special cut-out for a certain aspect of male anatomy?

Well, this is for scratching the same area. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

it’s for making pastry cups mate

-- cut it saw it scrap it

I could be wrong, but I believe it is a tool used in “rendering” animal hides.

In the process of creating leather, the hides are boiled for a period of time. They are then laid out flat and the remaining hair is scraped off. I believe you are the proud owner of one of the scrapers.

I’m sure it has a proper name, but I can’t help you there.

-- Dave; Lansing, Kansas

Probably FirehouseWw is right wrt it being using for rendering animal hides, but I’ve seen something pretty similar used to scrap the crud off horse hoves and it would certainly work for scaling blue gills.

A cookie maker. LOL

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I’d say its a back scratcher…LOL

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

I think Zach actually got it right. I’ve been Googling images of the things people have suggested, and the items that have most resembled this thing were fish scalers.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

my vote is for a hellifino

-- Randy, Fla http://www.kelleyscabinetsupply.com

I think it is a curry comb that you would use on livestock to comb the hair.

No idea, but it’s the nicest one I’ve ever seen.

-- BigEd, sawdust maker in Ohio

If I was going to hit my Mother-in-law with something…..that would be it!

-- Don, Pittsburgh

my vote is a kitchen tool called a melon scoop

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Maybe it’s what they used before toilet paper was invented?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Stew, What you have here is familiar to every American from the deep south.
Its proper name is a THING-A-MA-JIG. There mystery solved.

It could also be a sweat scraper, used to clean livestock before sales or shows,

or maybe the thing that crimps those Cornish Pasties together after the ladies fill them, or maybe it is a multi

purpose tool. You can clean up the cow and then go straight to the kitchen and crimp some pasties.

But my vote is for a fish scalier, it just looks right for that. Of course it could be a mellon scoop, that’s a good prospect.

Well there you have it. Glad I could clear this up.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

it forms the back end of a hobby horse

-- Ron, Missouri

I agree with Gary. Has to be a tool of torture. Or a cookie cutter.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Obviously, most of us have no clue what it is!

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

Looks as though it would be good to clean out pumpkins !

-- WeeWilly

for peeling apples and veggies for those yuppie party order-vs ?

so york , what do you plan on using it for ?

i’m also with big ed , it sure is a nice one !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Thanks one and all; wonderful humour as always! I ‘m beginning to do a controlled test with it.

CharlieM1958’s and ReggieK’s suggestions were quite painful. I’m seeing the doctor tomorrow! And next door’s cat ran a mile when I approached it with that in my hand!

As soon as I find out what ZachM’s blue gill is, I’ll try and scale one.

Now, there are almost as many horses in my village as there are people, so I’m watching ‘em to see which has the cruddiest hooves and if it’ll stay still long enough, try to curry comb it as well.

Hairy hides are not commonplace here, but as soon as I see one, I’ll give it a good boiling

After all that, I’m uncertain about putting it anywhere near a melon, cookie, apple, pumpkin, or Cornish Pastie!

I’m glad it’s recognised as a nice one; it could be the start of a new collection!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

Stuart on a serious note i think its a farrier tool of somesort

-- cut it saw it scrap it

I believe it is a farriors rasp.
Used for horse hoof cleaning.

-- John Stoler Apple Creek Ohio

It’s for adult circumcissions. on the cheap. without health insurance.LOL Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Alistair, now I am definitely in favor of health care reform!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

It could be a bone scraper used in taxidermy to get the fat off bones.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

I think it was used to clean the grit out of horse hooves during the shoeing process by a farrier.

-- Measure, cut, curse, repeat.

I think McLeanVA has the correct answer.I can remember my friends dad cleaning the horses hooves with something very similar to this.

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

Would make a great egg ring for the BBQ. LOL

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python