We saw this fork recently and had not seen one like it before so temptation got the upper hand and we bought it. The handle has been shortened and presumably the original was a long straight shaft or a shaft with a D or T shaped end. The tines are perfectly flat, 9″ long and 9″ wide overall. Each tine is machined to a point. The two oval rings are cold riveted in place and the flat top of the oval lines up with the top of the tines as if to push ones foot against.
Our questions are:
Has anyone seen one of these before?
Does anyone know what it is for?
Who may have produced it?
How old may it be?