What Is It? - #43

[SifuPhil]

This old tool is made of cast iron, weighs 2 pounds (0.91Kg.) and measures 9" x 10" (22.9cm x 25.4cm). It was patented in December 1907.



WHAT IS IT?

 

[Jackie22]

.....lid to a wood stove?

 

[Steve]

Looks like something like a vice..
The 2 screws have a thing to grip something (wood) and keep straight while sawing..
There seems to be a blade in front of it as well .. Would that be to surface plane the wood ???

 

[littleowl]

Looks like a snow shoe for Dray Horses to me.

 

[SifuPhil]

.....lid to a wood stove?

Nice one, but no, sorry.

Looks like something like a vice..
The 2 screws have a thing to grip something (wood) and keep straight while sawing..
There seems to be a blade in front of it as well .. Would that be to surface plane the wood ???

Not for planing wood, although I see what you mean.

Looks like a snow shoe for Dray Horses to me.

DING! DING DING!

We have a winna'!!!

That was another fast one!

LittleOwl correctly identified this item as a horseshoe for (as the original patent calls it) "soft ground" use. They specifically mention boggy or marshy ground but I would imagine this would also be for use in powdery snow. The clamp on the front somehow slips over the front of the hoof. (Please don't ask for details - I don't know a horse's front from his back!)

Congrats LittleOwl for a quick victory and thanks also to Jackie22 and Steve for your guesses!

 

[Diwundrin]

B.H! I was still just looking at it! Talk about fast.

Good one LittleOwl.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Congrats Littleowl, good job!!

 

[TICA]

Good job Littleowl! I've never seen a horse shoe like that or anything close to it.

 

[Jackie22]

Well done, Littleowl.

 

[Anne]

Congrats, littleowl!! I had just begun to look at it - and don't even know what a dray horse is...

 

[Jillaroo]

Good onya Little Owl, i had no idea what it was

 

[SifuPhil]

Congrats, littleowl!! I had just begun to look at it - and don't even know what a dray horse is...

Well, it's like that song ...

"Dashing through the snow,
With a one-horse open dray ..."

A dray is a horse that pulls a sleigh through snow. An "open" dray is just one who isn't shy. :nevreness:

 

[Phantom]

Well, it's like that song ...

"Dashing through the snow,
With a one-horse open dray ..."

A dray is a horse that pulls a sleigh through snow. An "open" dray is just one who isn't shy.

I thought it was

Dashing through the snow,
With a one-horse open SLEIGH .... Learnt something ☺

 

[Diwundrin]

Me too, thought it was an alternative term for draught horse, which I 'spose it is, but didn't know the difference between a dray and a cart. Never too old are we?

(Not getting into the dray/sleigh thing, not too many of either around here.)

 

[Diwundrin]

Off topic but the thread's run it's course anyway. Why do we call long carts to carry timber, Jinkers? Just looked it up and it seems only used down here.
Jinker is some kind of buggy elsewhere, but in OZ specifically only ever referred to as Timber-Jinkers. Even now, long after the draught horse and bullock teams hauled them, semis carrying timber are still referred to as 'Jinkers'.

 

[Happyflowerlady]

I am pretty sure the song is "one horse open sleigh" , at least that is the only way that I have ever head it used. I think a dray is more like a lumber wagon, and so a dray horse would also be what you call a drought horse there, Di, and we refer to as a draft horse here. An "open"sleigh, simply means there was no top on it.

I have seen newer versions of slip on shoes, but never anything like the one pictured , and I am still puzzling how it would help the horse in either snow or a swamp. Usually, in the winter, we had the horse shoes pulled to give them better traction in the snow, and that looks like it could get downright slippery if used on ice.
Since it would be simple to take on and off, though, it could be removed if needed. The solid bottom would help the horse from balling up snow in the inside of their hooves, so I can see the usefulness there, but if they trot, they then throw the snow out. These horses were usually pulling a large load, so they probably didn't trot, so the shoes might have been necessary.

Wonderful WII, Sifu !
And I was as puzzled as everyone else. I was thinking it could be used to do something TO a horse shoe, due to the shape and size, but it never occurred to me that it was actually a clip on shoe.

 

[SifuPhil]

I thought it was

Dashing through the snow,
With a one-horse open SLEIGH .... Learnt something ☺

Me too, thought it was an alternative term for draught horse, which I 'spose it is, but didn't know the difference between a dray and a cart. Never too old are we?

(Not getting into the dray/sleigh thing, not too many of either around here.)

I am pretty sure the song is "one horse open sleigh" , at least that is the only way that I have ever head it used. I think a dray is more like a lumber wagon, and so a dray horse would also be what you call a drought horse there, Di, and we refer to as a draft horse here. An "open"sleigh, simply means there was no top on it.

BWAAAAA-hahahahahahahahahaha! I caught you all! You all fell into my evil net! BWAAAA - hahahahahahahaha! (stroking white cat on lap)

I have seen newer versions of slip on shoes, but never anything like the one pictured , and I am still puzzling how it would help the horse in either snow or a swamp. Usually, in the winter, we had the horse shoes pulled to give them better traction in the snow, and that looks like it could get downright slippery if used on ice.

The only thing I can imagine is that they function almost as snowshoes for the horse - they spread the weight over a larger area (9"x10") so they're less likely to sink down.

Wonderful WII, Sifu !

And I was as puzzled as everyone else. I was thinking it could be used to do something TO a horse shoe, die to the shape and size, but it never occurred to me that it was actually a clip on shoe.

Thank you - I try.

 

[Phantom]

Ha !! It IS Sleigh

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