Re: What the heck is it?

"Junkyard Willie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
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> "Chas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>> > I doubt it was a "knife" originally.  I'm going to go with a file or
>> > other small hand tool. 
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>> It looks like a 'tie down' of some kind; drive the spike into something
>> (like a slot), run a strap through the loop- that sort of thing. 
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> Like a "belaying pin", put into slots on the gunwale of a boat.

I wondered if it might be nautical equipment.

-Rust