what are these

[bubba ARMY]

i found a whole bunch of hard water equipment Ive got about 20 of these i know this is an auger of some sort anyone have any idea how old                                                                                                                                                                                            

[GAMBELL]

The bottom picture is a tip down.  The auger is a spoon auger and one heck of a workout.  By the picture it looks old but in great shape. 

[fishlord]

I bought my spoon auger about 30 years ago.I believe they are  Sweden made.If that dude is sharp it probably cuts better then any other auger but dull or out of whack its no good for nothing.
Randy

[jimmyclaude]

post a bigger pic of that tip-down... did your great great grand Daddy make that?

[toothfish]

My first "auger" was a Homelite chain saw.
2nd auger was an ice spoon like the one you are showing.
When it was new (and sharp) it was way better than a chainsaw... much quieter too !   
 Like fishlord said "but dull or out of whack its no good for nothing."

[bubba ARMY]

i found this stuff in the wife's grandfathers barn i also found a bunch of old hard wood tipups with two flags on them cant wait to use them and how would you go about sharping the auger

[trapper2000]

i bought a spoon auger 40 years ago for like 2 dollars lol all we had then

[toothfish]

how would you go about sharping the auger

Locate a large dumpster ....OK I'm JKing.... kind of !   I never found anyone that could sharpen one like it was when new.

[oletimer]

I still have the spoon, but missing the handle for ours. Remember Dad buying it at the local general store when I was 5. Wow almost 43 years ago. I still have his old fishcrafter tip ups he bought around the same time. They need new flag rods and flags but work like new. My uncle had tip downs like those for perch, using small minnows and getting into a big school can be a blast.
My uncle used a large stone like the ones for scythe to sharpen. He was pretty good from what I remember.

[A- bomb]

the reason for having 20....well ya get a new one and just never threw the rest away..

[Madpuppy]

I bought a spoon auger a couple years ago, hung it on the wall for conversation.

[PERCHPULLER]

Ive seen 2 of them spoons niether one would cut at all!

[blufloyd]

Back in the 70's Mora's were out but I watched a few nimrods with spoons.  Most were worthless. Once in awhile though you'd see some guy fly thru the ice with one.

[Scotty D]

it looks like the bottom pick is a set up for cusk

[slider]

A good sweedish sponn was fantastic but theres a learning curve using it. for sharpening lookin the posts for wisconson or MIn. someone there might hook u up with an oldtimer that sharpens them up there

[model8]

my dad had one i got it now never used it though maybe some time gas auger is way to go lolbut he said it cut like hell on ice 3to 8 inches he touched it up with a stone also and said it works decent

[BIGCREW]

I have an old spoon,sweeded made,and it cuts rather well,until your almost through and it binds so you do got to pratice with it.but I'll stick to my jiffy stealth

[jimmyclaude]

I have some wall hanger hand augers from lawn sales. Never used any of them but, thought about it when gas was heading towards 5.00$ per gallon