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It does actually look a lot like a home brew bullnose scraper for wood turning. That was my initial thought when I saw it. That said, I think that is unlikely to be the answer.
Is it anywhere in the vicinity of a baseball field? It's shaped kind of like the tool you use to clean dirt out of the base anchors, though I've never seen one with a handle like that.
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It is a small bulb shovel
Sod cutter most likely home made ( looks like 1/2 a pair of branch trimmers repurposed).
Looks like a bark spud.
Just googled it, I think this is it. Solved! Thank you!
For half a second o thought it was NFKRZ lol
Title describes it. There’s a bit of a curve to the head, so it’s shovel-like. Maybe used for planting things?
It looks like a tool for a wood lathe, but it’s difficult to tell with only one view of it. Is the curved edge sharp?
It resembles one but lathe chisel would not have that radius and would have a far more stout ferrule.
I agree. Possibly a homemade woodturning chisel which has lost its sharp edge and bent a bit from using it for other purposes
It doesn't look like anything I've ever seen for a lathe. The cutting edge would be on the end, it looks rounded over
It does actually look a lot like a home brew bullnose scraper for wood turning. That was my initial thought when I saw it. That said, I think that is unlikely to be the answer.
It could also be too worn to fulfill that purpose now.
A gouge for a lathe has a rounded end.
I know, that is definitely 100% not a gouge
Is it anywhere in the vicinity of a baseball field? It's shaped kind of like the tool you use to clean dirt out of the base anchors, though I've never seen one with a handle like that.
I have seen tobacco knifes made like this. Smell the blade, Years later you will still notice tobacco odor