Thanks for the reply.Them are hand forged, likely in a logging camp somewhere
There was a guy making and selling the cleats awhile back on AS, but even those were more hand formed then not
While I'm not an authority on it, I highly doubt anyone was mass producing springboard cleats, as it was a very specialized and niche tool, at a time when blacksmiths and blacksmithing tools where still quite common. and really not very difficult to make at all.
looks like an easy way to make the purchase in wood a little wider and there for "more stable" as spreading the steel that far would make it thin and weak. Looks like they repurposed some leaf springs, which is a skookum idear, but leaf springs have a tendency to be narrower. more modern springs are wider, and thicker, so a guy could hammer them into the shape you wanted and have plenty of width... but you would have to be careful and harden and temper them when done, otherwise you just have soft high carbon steel with out the benefit of spring toughness.Thanks for the reply.
One thing that had me curious too, was the purpose or idea behind the split cap in the end. It reminds me of the cap in a crow bar's claw. Wondering if there's anything a logger would do where a springboard could also function to pry something. Or --- maybe that's simply the design they wanted.
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