Can You Guess What This Common Tool Was Used For In The Past?

The Old Skill Set Gets an Update
While large scale has displaced many of these old techniques, there is a renewed interest in traditional skills. Some now join hobby groups or take workshops to learn how to cast metal. They want to reach out into the past and make something with their own two hands. Cast iron spoon bullet moulds are once more being employed by hobbyists in these pastimes.

So the next time you find a cast iron spoon, you’ll know what it represents. It’s just not a piece of metal — it’s a symbol of ingenuity, creativity and a family tradition.

Cast iron spoon from everyday necessity It’s a little piece of Americana that quite literally speaks.

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Once upon a time, a cast iron spoon like these might have been discovered stashed away in a shed, garage or a toolbox. To the untrained eye, it appeared to be some sort of kitchen tool. But that hefty tool, a cast iron spoon bullet mold, was made for a very different job

A Tool for the Home That Might Surprise You
They melted lead in cast-iron   spoons. They poured the molten metal into molds for bullets or fishing sinkers. A household might have a cast iron spoon bullet mold. This was not in a factory — this was at home.

Families commonly gathered up scrap lead from old pipes or car parts. They spooned the metal into the spoon and held the spoon over a naked flame. After melting it, they carefully poured it into mold shapes. The result?  Tools of the hunting or fishing trade.