Can you help identify this....!

[Lilbigfoot]

Hello....a neighbour brought this item over to me cause I'm probably the oldest guy on the block. He doesn't know what it is. I don't either. There's a pair of them. Seems to have a mounting hole on one side. No markings on them. Any one help us out? Thanks. Don






This photo shows item turned over. Object is about 9 inches long and the center opening is about 2 inches top to bottom.

[fancypants]

My first guess would be that perhaps this cool old thing could be a combo - stationary mount/holder for a footladder .

Perhaps it also could be used as a bench-mounted bundling device ??

Let's see what some more members chime in with (hopefully a 'right' answer) !

[bob535]

This is way out of my league, but my first thought was maybe a rifle wall mount. 

[Cole]

My first thought was some sort of handcuff or finger cuff.  Then I thought perhaps some sort of tightener for those strap thingies that go around bucking horses when you ride them and want to keep your hands tied down tight...but really, I have absolutely no idea what I am talking about.  I just have a very colorful imagination.

Cole~

[ironlord1963]

   I'm starting to like the gun ideal, but may a work bence clamp for working or making Guns.  Looks like it has two different sized round Clamps and on that appears to be about the size of a Gun but in the middle, also appears to be able to slide to different postions once it was mounted to a table.  I'm about the worst of these what is it games, but thought I would throw in my ideal based on the gun mount.

[greenacres]

The closing reminds me of a suspender closing. Use of that was to change the tightness of something. Maybe it has something to do with a hoist. It would attach to the wall and the rope would feed through.

[GreenhornGirl]

Wish I could help...even asked my husband who knows all these handy contraptions, but no dice.  Good luck!  This is a shot in the dark but it kind of looks like something that might be around a stable or blacksmith's.  But that's just a guess.

[KC]

May I ask general area you live?  Area of country?

[hosman321]

This is driving me crazy! Something to do with cars/engines? That might explain the mounting holes. Hose clamp of some sort? No clue. I'm trying to imagine the inside shape and what it could hold...
By the way, Cole cracked me up.

[snowflake]

I can't wait to find out what this is! I bought an old tool this summer for some type of carving but had no idea what it really was. An elderly  gentleman that lives on our street used to be a carpenter back in the day and told me it was used to carve wooden wheel spokes. If I see him over the next few days, I'll ask him if he has any idea.

[Lilbigfoot]

May I ask general area you live?  Area of country?

Thanks to you and all those who've replied so far. I'm in London, Ontario, Canada.

I put the same question up on a Knife Forum I belong to and no one there knows what it is either.

[Lilbigfoot]

Another point.....inside the larger loop....that's a hard rubber liner. Remember, there's a pair of them.

[cogar]

inside the larger loop....that's a hard rubber liner

Ah so, and given that center bolt thru the slotted opening, it could very well be a permanently mounted "hose clamp" that was made for easily changing or replacing said hoses. 

[snowflake]

I'm probably way off, but I keep looking up old equipment used for horses or farming. I have the day off so I will go see my friend if he is home.

[mart]

It is not used with a horse, nothing on our antique tractors that looks similar !! Its possible that it was a wall mount for a fire extinguisher !! But the bottom bolt tightens the opening so it would have to go over a round shape and the bolt tightened around it,,,so I am not sure about that !!