Maybe Pm ... it has fencing wire tied through one end, in a hard-to-do 'knot' that farmers used - it's quite old I think. There isn't really space to fit onto chain of any significant dimension...
More than likely to be part of a horse drawn chain trace typical of the type used for ploughing.
Does the hard to do knot look like a figure of eight? If so, it easy to do, even in HT wire. The fencing wire probably is a red herring - replacing a lost shackle.
Thanks PM, you are got it. I see that I need two of them, and I have only the one. I remember finding some hames that were missing their 'hooks' that swung from the sides and going into E Hayes and Sons in Invercargill and being taken down into a storeroom where they had boxes of them, new! Incredible. I wonder what else they have secreted in there? I've some other odd things (lots of odd things in fact) that I don't know their purpose, especially a blade that has puzzled me for a long time, so tomorrow I'll post another, if I remember. Thanks for your help
I still use a "Page" wire strainer and yes it is half of the wire clamp. It is less damaging to the wire than a "Hayes" which uses a kinking as part of the friction to grip the wire. The "Page" strainer aso utilises a different 'chain system where there are a large and a small claw to "climb the chain", alternatively. BTW The clamp pictured above is much easier to put on 3inch Barbed wire than a 'Hayes'. FWIIW.
Thank you, GD, for that information. I'm interested to hear that the 'Page' strainer is still in use - in fact I'm encouraged to hear that it is. It's a graceful piece of technology, though I've only seen the one part so far! I understand your point about the kinking caused by the 'Hayes', having strained the fences of my own land and those of a dairy farm or two, with those. I still struggle though, to enjoy working with high-tensile wire - give me soft ol' No.8 every time. Barbed wire, not so much. I've seen a collection though, of barbed wire that goes back to it's origin - fantastic stuff, but the early ones could only really be described as plain nasty :-)
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Some sort of chain snig? (Can be easily hooked round some load and the chain shortened to suit)
Maybe Pm ... it has fencing wire tied through one end, in a hard-to-do 'knot' that farmers used - it's quite old I think. There isn't really space to fit onto chain of any significant dimension...
More than likely to be part of a horse drawn chain trace typical of the type used for ploughing.
Does the hard to do knot look like a figure of eight? If so, it easy to do, even in HT wire. The fencing wire probably is a red herring - replacing a lost shackle.
Could be... though the 'slots' are only wide enough for wire - could it be some sort of 'tensioner' or joiner for a fence?
Why do you ask if you already know?
Have a squiz here, RG.
Looks like an early fence tensioner.
Anonymous - I don't know, I'm just putting two and two together as I get new ideas. I still don't know, but I'm about to look at PMofNZ's link.
Thanks PM, you are got it. I see that I need two of them, and I have only the one. I remember finding some hames that were missing their 'hooks' that swung from the sides and going into E Hayes and Sons in Invercargill and being taken down into a storeroom where they had boxes of them, new! Incredible. I wonder what else they have secreted in there?
I've some other odd things (lots of odd things in fact) that I don't know their purpose, especially a blade that has puzzled me for a long time, so tomorrow I'll post another, if I remember. Thanks for your help
I still use a "Page" wire strainer and yes it is half of the wire clamp.
It is less damaging to the wire than a "Hayes" which uses a kinking as part of the friction to grip the wire.
The "Page" strainer aso utilises a different 'chain system where there are a large and a small claw to "climb the chain", alternatively.
BTW The clamp pictured above is much easier to put on 3inch Barbed wire than a 'Hayes'. FWIIW.
Thank you, GD, for that information. I'm interested to hear that the 'Page' strainer is still in use - in fact I'm encouraged to hear that it is. It's a graceful piece of technology, though I've only seen the one part so far! I understand your point about the kinking caused by the 'Hayes', having strained the fences of my own land and those of a dairy farm or two, with those. I still struggle though, to enjoy working with high-tensile wire - give me soft ol' No.8 every time. Barbed wire, not so much. I've seen a collection though, of barbed wire that goes back to it's origin - fantastic stuff, but the early ones could only really be described as plain nasty :-)
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