Identifying an Old Equipment Emblem?

gggd
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July 19, 20200 found this helpful

I agree with Ana...it appears to be the outer end of a branding iron. The attachment for the handle is still on the back, but the long handle is obviously gone. Each rancher had their own branding iron "emblem", that was used to burn into the hides of cattle and horses that they owned. It was a definitive way to prove ownership of ranch animals that often grazed on open land with other rancher's animals.

poehere
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July 23, 20200 found this helpful

I think this is way too large to be a branding iron. A lot of old farmhouses make their family emblem like this and they hung on the top of the gate when you entered the property.

gggd
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July 24, 20200 found this helpful

poehere.... this is only 2 1/2 inches across...well within branding iron head size, but I suppose you could be right.

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Ana
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July 19, 20200 found this helpful

It looks like a old branding Iron. It's custom to the owner. Do not know whom it belongs.