Beautiful Hand-forged and Rasped Presumed Farrier's Tool with Two Files, Hook, and Blade serving pot The postcard

The postcard

It's a vintage 1:10 scale model of the 15th c Gutenberg printing press

though I am uncertain of its age

This little vase is just big enough for a few stems (a couple of sprigs of red berries would be perfect in it right now)

tree and who knows what all

Beautiful Hand-forged and Rasped Presumed Farrier's Tool with Two Files, Hook, and Blade serving pot The postcardI believe this hand forged and rasped iron tool was made for a farrier's use with the rasped areas on either side used for filing a horse's hooves; the extended, arched blade, with one quite sharp edge, used for shoeing; and the hooked short end as a pick. I'm no expert on hoof care, but I do believe that's what this is, and a very custom, antique example. If without horses around to care for, one could use it, say, as a letter opener, with those