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Antique Shepherd's Leg Crook

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Code: 10218

Dimensions:

H: 138cm (54.3")



• Antique Shepherd's Leg Crook.

• Leg crook with good proportions

• Straight sweep to leg guide

• Raised single swirl.

• Mouth opening 1 inch

• Crook A in the multiple pic.

• Style typical to East Anglia.

• Original Ash shaft

• Initials on 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.