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Antique Shepherd's Leg Crook

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Code: 10217

Dimensions:

H: 135cm (53.1")



• Antique Shepherd's Leg Crook.

• Finely made Leg Crook.

• Straight sweep to leg guide

• Knob finilial.

• Mouth opening 1.15 inch

• Crook B in the multiple pic.

• Shape typical to Cotswolds and parts of Lincolnshire

• Original Oak shaft.

The shepherd was the highest paid of all the farm workers on a farm - he held the most responsibility looking after the master's flock.

This is a leg crook and would have been his everyday working crook. There are also Neck crooks, dipping crooks etc which were used only seasonally.