What in the heck is this thing/tool?

[palmettomoon]

I'm sure it could serve as a back scratcher for Big Stace, or a rhinocerous, same-same, but what is it really?

Must have picked it up at an estate sale in Calif. about 21 years ago. It's got chrome plating, is about 6" long to the teeth and the handle is attached by peening the tang, like a blacksmith would do. Is this a farrier's tool?

 

[harrycalahan]

Undernut scratcher.

 

[mfoster]

Pitchfork for gerbil bedding.

 

[Red Squirrel 556]

Umm... It's a tiny rake...

 

[Bennyboy]

Antique hand fork/cultivator for gardening?

 

[palmettomoon]

Antique hand fork/cultivator for gardening?

Seems awful overbuilt for that.

 

[GeauxLSU]

BLIP

 

[Bulldog Man]

A Chinese fish toader

 

[Bennyboy]

Seems awful overbuilt for that.

For sure. Maybe homemade?

 

[palmettomoon]

For sure. Maybe homemade?

Chromed though? It feels like an old hay hook but those usually have only one tine or hook.