Hope Y'all Can Help ID this....

[reader509]

This object is my neighbor's who found it in an old barn...I don't think it is whole...I think it is only part of the tool, but I have no idea what it is.  Hope someone can help.  TIA.

[Rauville]

That would be a "Hay Knife", used to cut a stack of loose hay into portions.

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-vintage-primitive-hay-knife-saw-farm

[KC]

Ya'll did pretty dang good on this one Rauville! 

Being a born/bred/living southerner with lotsa' relatives in OK area....I earn the right to kid about it.

[mart]

Thats the first one I have ever seen and I have been in Texas all my life and had livestock most of it !!  Never heard of a hay knife !!

[reader509]

So that is a Hay Knife?  Is there more to go with it, or is that the whole thing there?  The blade looks like half of a set of giant scissors to me, not to mention the slot in the one handle.  Just wondering...I check out the link now...

Thanks for all your help!   I really appreciate it.
reader509

[Rauville]

Here's a little better history as to it's use.
http://www.farmcollector.com/looking-back/Feeding-Loose-Hay-from-an-Outside-Haystack.aspx
There was another type that was in the form of a spade with sharpened sections on the cutting edge. You would start on top of the stack and use the knife like a garden spade.

[KC]

Rauville, don't know why but the link won't work for me.

[mart]

Only thing used here was pitch fork !!  Still have it !!