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what do I have here?
« on: December 16, 2014, 07:38:02 am »
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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2014, 07:38:44 am »
so apologize for all these posts it said it didn't post...

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2014, 07:50:57 am »
Can we see the stamp ??  That's a modern bolt !! Measurements ??  Side view ??

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2014, 08:14:22 am »
of course so embarrassed over all the posts

i'll get one of the nuts/bolt

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2014, 08:25:56 am »
4 1/2 inches bottom

4 inches on top

4" tall

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2014, 08:29:59 am »
Looks like a wooden stirrup.

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2014, 08:47:49 am »
hubby said that too-but it would have to be for a kid?  Not that old?

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2014, 08:58:20 am »
Looks like a stirrup for a playground swing set.

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2014, 09:01:35 am »
thanks kc

yet I looked up stirrups and they look a lot alike--

were people just so tiny or a kid do you think?  Maybe a lady?  Not much wear at all but the mark is hard to read so it looked used

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2014, 10:39:34 am »
Nope !! Not one that would be used on a saddle !! This is a home made one !! The cross bar is too big around and should be a metal rod much smaller than that !!  Didn`t take mine apart to measure but its less than 1/2 inch !!  Now,, remember the horse swings that are made from old tires and suspended from a tree branch !! Could be that this stirrup was made for something similar !! I have seen those where strips of inner tube were used to attach a stirrup !! The big crossbar would be good for that !!

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2014, 10:45:57 am »
that would make sense mart as there is more wear and tear on the top piece-nothing on the piece where feet would have hit it time and again

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2014, 10:51:12 am »
oops--looks like kc had the idea first==thank you kc

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2014, 12:11:02 pm »
A search on Google Images revealed many wooden stirrups with a heavy wood dowel like that but they were quite a bit roomier for the foot. I think it may have come off a ride or carousel.

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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2014, 03:51:41 pm »
This would have been for children/kids.

Could have also been a piece on a rocking horse!
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Re: what do I have here?
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2014, 04:11:27 pm »
Could be like you and Frogpatch said !! Just noticed it is flat on one side like it may have been attached to something solid !!