More stuff I pulled out of the water #8

These little stone spheroids are thought to be old millstones - not the big round affairs with the square hole in the middle, but smaller stones. I'm not sure what they would have milled, but I found them downstream of an old mill site when I was a young lad. They came from a gravel bed in Duck Creek, near Smyrna, DE, and I found them when I was about 9 or 10 years old while poking around in the creek for crayfish. They are probably archeologically significant (in context), alas, in my youth I failed to understand the importance of such things.

This old thing...

This appears to be a tool used to sharpen and peen scythes (as in, the big sharp blade thingy traditionally associated with the Grim Reaper). This one is an antique, with a cow horn holder and a (more recent) sheet metal hanger. The penny's provided for scale.

I've not found much about these, although some modern examples are found in one of the images from this website.

Not a weapon, per se, but when the Reaper does come for your ass, you can be sure his tool is sharp.

Also, yea me! This is my 100th post!

Now if only someone was reading...