I was in my buddy’s garage and saw this thing hanging on his wall, I asked him what it was, he didn’t know, neither do I! Anybody here know what it is? It is setting on a chair seat, so it is fairly large! Bones
It will spring down, if you squeeze it. But just can’t figure out what you would use it for. It did have piece of cord tied to the spring end at one time. Bones
Just a common wire spring clip. Common uses would be holding a bag closed, by passing it through grommeted holes.
Looks like a clip for fishing tackle, maybe something with heavy line like tuna or halibut. I would expect it to be stainless, however, so I may be full of fish. Or maybe for a downrigger. John
That’s what I first thought! Here in Oklahoma we have those clips that look like this, only smaller,for trot lines, but this thing won’t function like those….it will not clip on a line. Bones
I'll have to think about it for awhile and I'm sure it will come to me. One thing I'm sure of looking at that rope and the knot. That knot was tied by a cowboy. Where you are, there oughta be some real cowboys still hanging around, (no pun intended). Ask one of them.
You guys are going to tell me I’m full of shit but it is for storing big saw blades like band saw blades and such.
The thing your wife hands you to sit and squeeze instead of having your hand down the front of your pants.... .
Hello, One of my friend’s (from Junior High School) dad worked for a major laundry company in our neighborhood. They did industrial washing and cleaning. Their panel vans were always full of white bags full of clean white towels, sheets, blankets, and other types of laundry. So, we knew what was inside of those large, bulbous, white bags. In our Junior High School, PE was required for all students. The locker room + lockers were provided for all students. When the activity period was over, everyone was required get a clean white towel at the locker room cage window on the way to the clothes lockers. After showering & redressing, we all had to turn in the used wet towels to the same cage. They fell into another large white bag. The bags had brass eyelets at the top openings. similar style bag and eyelets There was always a clip of some kind in the eyelets. That allowed the locker room attendant to clip the bag and loop the other end over a row of hooks along the back wall. So, when the clean bag of towels was empty, it just dropped hanging on the wall. When the day was over, the 7-8 bags were all draped down on those wall hooks. When the laundry truck came by, they unhooked the clips and took the used towels away. Dropping off the next day’s worth of clean white towels. The clips stayed on the wall hooks. When the attendant came in the next morning, he lined up the white towel bags, with the clips, on the wall hooks. The bags were still resting on the floor, but the hooks made the bags stand up for easy access to grab one from the opened top bag and place it on the open locker cage window sill for the students. Those clips were hooked on top wall pegs and the opening loop went through the eyelets. they held the full bags upright for easy dispensing. Since we were on various sports teams, we were in the locker room daily for PE classes and for afterschool practices. Then on Saturday, the Junior High School teams all played against each other. Afterwards, on most Saturdays after the games, all year, we would walk up to the railroad berm near the far end of the baseball field. There, we could sit and watch the drags going on at Lion's Dragstrip, just a short walk across the farmer's fields. Jnaki The attendant was a cool guy and told us why and how the bag system worked. In high school, the similar system was in place, but the bags were tossed into a corner of the locker room cage. When the bag was opened, the draw string was pulled out as wide as it would go, but when the bag started to get empty, it fell over. So, the Junior High School attendant had a good efficient system going for smooth, fast, clean white towel dispensing. JMHO
Yup. It’s a laundry bag spring clip. I have one just like it on an old military bag. The eye on the spring is for hanging the bag on a hook
It looks like @jnaki and @Nailhead Jason solved the mystery! If it were me I’d put it up on the wall of my shop and tell people it’s a don’ttouchit. John
Thanks, guys! Looks like the HAMB came through again! My buddy and I sure couldn’t figure it out! Bones
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