What is this?

[bobbi-j]

I want to say it's for rail road work

Nope.

 

[duluthralphie]

Wooden kegs?

 

[Molpet]

Nope.

Making log cabins or barns

 

[MochaDuck]

You may love it more when you find out what it is. Maybe not, but it's an old tool.

Is it one of ralhpie's weird "is it used in a doctors office?" things

 

[bobbi-j]

Wooden kegs?

Nope

Making log cabins or barns

Not for making the buildings...

Is it one of ralhpie's weird "is it used in a doctors office?" things

NO!

 

[Molpet]

Nope


Not for making the buildings...


NO!

For making the logs for the building

 

[bobbi-j]

For making the logs for the building

Not for the logs, but you're on the right track. The thing is only 12" long and about 3-4" across at the widest.

 

[Molpet]

Not for the logs, but you're on the right track. The thing is only 12" long and about 3-4" across at the widest.

Pegs

 

[Molpet]

Or shakes

 

[bobbi-j]

Or shakes

BINGO! Or at least as close as I think you're going to get. The hatched part is used for trimming cedar shingles, the hammer part is for driving the nails into the shingle and the claw part is for removing the nails if needed. Shakes are thicker, so this tool was not used on them.