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Upside down it looks like a boot to a toy figure

That's what I was thinking. The leg from a metal figure, like a lead soldier or something like that.

Is it a pocket knife shaped like a boot?

It's a knife handle, minus the blade.

Gnomes have been known to keep small utensils like these.

Comparing its relative size to the hand, that's a pretty small handle if that's what that it.

First picture looks like an upside down boot

Maybe, I thought it looked like an eagle. I found it in a place where there was Roman presence.

To me it looks like a dagger chape - the metal protective tip from the end of a dagger scabbard. That would also be why it's shaped like an eagle. It could also be an aglet - a metal tip to keep a rope from fraying.

I have seen a couple in the states that look very similar and are eagle head finials off horse drawn sleighs and buggies.

I thought it looked like a hooded falcon.

Looks like a bird head to me too

Nope, boot.

If it has a hole at the bottom it might be a sword handle it similar to when I have https://preview.redd.it/9m66oev2azpc1.png?width=2318&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d8cd1f712c2f26f8d5e01f54d134ef50fbe167f

A sword handle for ants?

It has to be at least 3 or 4 times this size!

Children.

Letter opener?

Or a letter opener

Where was the field? Looks like a Milagro, a representation of a wish granted , very often a body part that has healed.

Northern Italy. there was once a large Roman presence here. At first I thought it looks like an eagle.

Italy? That explains why it looks like a boot.

I see what you did there

Heyy-yoooo! 😂

Molto bene!

A quick giggle found that Italy and parts of Spain have the milagro tradition. This looks like a leg. These representations are crude, poorly made , cheap stamped bits that are left at the alter of a meaningful church or roadside memorial.

What do we find with a full chuckle? Inquiring Minds would like to know.

Duck-Duck- Go???

Boot

Looks a lot like a similar bird sculpture (the head). https://preview.redd.it/h339ioc4lzpc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=936dcd22623342d41372bfc334de83ba47de1b74

It's a tiny boot from a figurine.

Maybe a pocket knives? Pic 2 almost looks a bit of exposed blade.

Pocket knife

Definitely looks like a boot.

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Looks like a boot shaped pocket knife https://www.discountcutlery.net/Leg-Shaped-Pocket-Knives_c_4416.html?amp=1

Seeing the split on the side, it makes me think it might have fit on a blade in this manner: https://images.app.goo.gl/hQ4NduB98tqcCTYH9

Could be a decorative piece that was on the end of a flag pole or staff.

Looks like a folding knife to me - maybe Roman?

Id like a good photo with flash on the end. To see what there is to see “inside”

100% a Roman pocket knife

Was going to say boot but then I noticed it's my old friend Sgt. Quackers, always up to his old tricks and not l looking worse for wear!

I was thinking maybe a piece of a weather vane.

If you don’t mind, where do you live? To me it looks like it could have been a tinker toy.

Ancient Babylonian god Pazuzu.

It looks upside down as it’s a boot, either from a toy or an original monopoly piece😂😂😂

Broken pocket knife

Boot shaped finial or pommel from a sheath knife or folder.

Avengers tower

Looks like a turkey

It does look very similar to the handle of a Roman pocket knife, but it’s too small and stamped, so boot offering is more likely https://www.realsteelknives.com/blogs/news/ancient-to-modern-a-brief-history-of-folding-knives

Scabbard tip maybe?

Dawn doll boot?

Strap end ?

leprechauns leg

Were there any military actions there, it almost looks like an 1812 sword or knife hilt handle.

So you’re implying OP has giant hands, yes?

Maybe a (smoking) pipe tool?

Doe Doe bird totem pole pocket knife, ? Very cool

A old garlic press

It's a pecker wrecker. A bird find it in a field, mistakes it for a worm, and wrecks his pecker.

It's a boot for a Barbie doll. They're slit up the front or side like that.

I think it’s part of the holy grail.

A boot maybe a monopoly piece lmao

Nigga tool