what is this

[jokemike]

[mforjan]

Maybe a mount for holding a flag???????

Maybe not, just a WAG!

[all_fakes]

Or a handle for something, such as a garden or farm tool.

[bnbsellingtime]

I believe that it is possibly off of a part of a plow horse harness called a "hane" if it is brass.

[maxine*j]

Actually, that would be "hames" and this is one tip of a pair.  The hames, supported by the collar, hold the traces.  (Learned this stuff at my father's knee.  He farmed with horses and mules.  Yes, I am old!)

[jokemike]

thanks , I was stumped

[jokemike]

thanks I was stumped

[all_fakes]

Maxine wrote:

"hames" and this is one tip of a pair.

Of course!  I knew I'd seen these somewhere......

[maxine*j]

Good, clear picture of an horse collar and hames:

Collar and Hames

[bnbsellingtime]

Thank you Maxine! It was late when I answered that and I was not firing on all cylinders so to speak!

[maxine*j]

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@bnbsellingtime wrote:

Thank you Maxine! It was late when I answered that and I was not firing on all cylinders so to speak!

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I figured it was a typo or that you were the victim of the sometimes weird or whimsical auto-correct function on these boards.  As the old Benny Hill song went, "I heard what you said, but I knew what you meant."