Might as well ask...

[Anonymous]

...if there is anybody that knows what this was used for.Found it around the site of stables at an abandoned saw mill (1850-1920's).The square end is on a different plane than the handle (if you sit the tool flat along the handle's lenght, the square end would be lower but parallel).The total bend in the handle is about one inch.It's a bit more than a foot and a half in lenght.It's hand forged so probably made earlier rather than later.It was used for many years as the top edge of it has been worn by a nail from where it must of have hung.I have a good idea about this one so I'm curious if others will think the same way.

 

[Anonymous]

...maybe for the nuts on the circular saw blade at the mill?

 

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

...but I'm gonna let others try.The square is about 2"x2".I find alot of square nuts, like you mention,that were used with long bolts to brace corners on barns and so on.This is a bit bigger than that.
I'll give you a clue.I was watching "Little House on the Prairie" when I saw Charles Ingalls take one out of his tool box once.Think horses.

 

[Anonymous]

a wagon wheel hub nut wrench?

 

[Anonymous]

I had a chance to try it on an old wagon myself.It would work just fine.

 

[Anonymous]

I have a few for putting on my western boots. That actual handle is different though
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