Featured Identify giant needle with wooden handle

Hi All,

Does anyone know what this tool is? Is it an awl of some sort? Sewing needle for Paul Bunyan? The metal needle part measures 12" and the handle is 5". I don't know if you can tell from the pictures but the metal rod part is round but the tip is almost flat. The wooden handle is also flat on one side.

A clue might be my mother was a seamstress and once owned a sewing factory, but I found it in the kitchen knife drawer. Maybe she used it for an ice pick!

Thanks for any ideas!

 

This one, on Etsy, is described as:

Vintage Large Sewing Awl Needle for Leather Upholstery Canvas, Stable Farm use, by F. Dick, Germany, wood handle (from the 1920's)

from:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/261949979/vintage-large-sewing-awl-needle-for?show_sold_out_detail=1

 

Mine doesn't have any markings but that's a perfect match. I guess my mom WAS using it for an ice pick! Thanks so much!

 

Hi,
I used a very similar one when reupholstering "Victorian" furniture. I used it to make the tufted backs on chairs and sofas. It was old when I bought it in the 1960s.
greg

 

Anything thick really....

 

I had to have a little dental surgery awhile ago, I think my dentist used one about this size to sew my gum.

 

LOL!