Antique Hand Forged Fish Eel Spear Collectible Fishing Trident Tool

Description

Fresh find from a Pennsylvania Farm Estate is this
Antique Hand Forged Fish Eel Spear Collectible Fishing Trident Tool
Handmade forged piece from the late 1880s this was used to harvest spawning runs of salmon from the northern rivers of New York up to Maine. The family would pack up and travel north following the spawning runs selling their catches and preserving the catch to return and sell in Pa.
It features the shorter “barbs that allowed them to flip or toss speared fish up on the river bank to be dispatched and processed.
The original wood handle has been replaced at some point, the original hardware is awesome in amazing condition as you can see in the pictures
One of a kind piece with a bit of interesting history as these once common practices died out in the early 20s and 30 as over fishing had greatly reduced the once great runs of fish.
Measures
67”long over all
Spear head is 2 ½” wide with 5 prongs
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