A different (ironing) iron

fernando · 16th July 2015, 08:13 PM

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Why that's no bet at all Fernando .

Ah, you caught me

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I agree; no way this was made anywhere near the 20th century .
Definitely pre industrial revolution .

Absolutely !

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It looks like it has spent quite some time in Mother Earth's bosom .

Don't know; could it be that all the heat it has been subject to, caused all that corrosion ?

Rick · 17th July 2015, 04:03 AM

Looking at it again, I'm starting to think maybe it's a Viking spear head that was heated and bent before being buried with it's deceased owner ...

fernando · 17th July 2015, 12:53 PM

Oh, i guess you're right, Rick.
I always thought there was something wrong with this thing

M ELEY · 9th August 2015, 09:14 PM

It really is amazing when you start to research some of the tools that we take for granted today. Awhile back, I picked up what I thought might be a rough colonial spontoon blade with corrosion and patina much like your iron. After I purchased it, I looked more closely and noticed bits of concretion on the tip of it and realized it was a plastering trowel. Not being a collector of tools and thinking it not too old, I gave it to a friend of mine who collects such. It was only later that I found out that it still probably dated to colonial America! Here in Winston Salem, we have the town of Old Salem, founded in 1759. The buildings are brick and I can now imagine that trowel being used to build them. Your iron has a history all its own, even if it is not of a military use. I think it has character!

BTW, Fernando, glad you get to keep your hand!

fernando · 9th August 2015, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by M ELEY

... BTW, Fernando, glad you get to keep your hand!

17th July 2015, 04:03 AM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Looking at it again, I'm starting to think maybe it's a Viking spear head that was heated and bent before being buried with it's deceased owner ...

17th July 2015, 12:53 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Oh, i guess you're right, Rick. I always thought there was something wrong with this thing

9th August 2015, 09:14 PM	#4
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,166	It really is amazing when you start to research some of the tools that we take for granted today. Awhile back, I picked up what I thought might be a rough colonial spontoon blade with corrosion and patina much like your iron. After I purchased it, I looked more closely and noticed bits of concretion on the tip of it and realized it was a plastering trowel. Not being a collector of tools and thinking it not too old, I gave it to a friend of mine who collects such. It was only later that I found out that it still probably dated to colonial America! Here in Winston Salem, we have the town of Old Salem, founded in 1759. The buildings are brick and I can now imagine that trowel being used to build them. Your iron has a history all its own, even if it is not of a military use. I think it has character! BTW, Fernando, glad you get to keep your hand!