glorcour

LOOKS LIKE an old hoe and obviously one well used

jitkaau

It just looks like a hoe to me...(?) new handles are easy to attach.

Yooper32

Could very well have been a hand-forged tool and it has been used a lot. The reason I think it is hand-forged is the way it attatches to the handle.

carolynjo

It is similar to an antique garden hoe that a friend's grandfather made. It was not as deep as ours today but wider to hit more weeds at a stroke. Hang on to it!

KyKaren1949

I agree with those above who said it's worn down from sharpening. My husband's family lives on a farm that raises tobacco. Tobacco has to be kept hoed while it grows. All of their hoes have been sharpened multiple times and look kind of like this one.

sunny42539

Daddy always called them a goose necked hoe. The one you have is just worn down from sharpening.

Ccorazone

I thought it looked like the type of hoe used for mixing cement but they have two big holes in them.

Grace MooreLinker

Looks like a thinning hoe (chopping hoe) to me, that is for taking out extra plants or weed , they were used when farming was all done by hand. Thinning/chopping was for corn, cotton and some other crops that needed spaced plants.

wvdek

This is a site you may like - http://www.maydreamsgardens.com/p/my...ollection.html
All kinds of hoes there.
Should not be a problem to put a new handle on. I would make sure I put an Ash wood or fiberglass handle on that baby. She still has a lot of good yearsl left in her.

earthwalker

A lot of garden implements were customised by keen growers. Looks like a beauty. Replace the handle and you will get years more use out of it. Love pieces like this....well worth preserving and using.