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Originally Posted by M ELEY
The curious point could be decorative, but it seems to make total sense that it could be used to eviscerate game and gut fish as Jim pointed out.
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That would seem sensible but a gut hook needs to be very sharp and the inside of the tip does not seem to me to be sharpened for the task; also the extreme curve would seem to make gutting prey very awkward .
http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c...6_2007_1292659
That chain appears purely decorative as the links do not appear to be welded or soldered for strengththening purposes .
I'm kind of leaning towards Fernando's point of view .