Old Grain Scoop with Make Do Welded Spike Adaptation handmade playing cards I recently learned--it probably should

I recently learned--it probably should have occurred to me before

as I often do

with a hand-decorated slide-top box

) of Boston— this one begun on July 24

There is some loss of paint and signs of wear in a few spots

Old Grain Scoop with Make Do Welded Spike Adaptation handmade playing cards I recently learned--it probably shouldI'm always happy to find objects, and tools especially, that were altered by someone along the way for a specific purpose, as was clearly the case with this old scoop, to which a series of sharp spikes were welded, transforming it into a singular and much more aggressive sort of object! I believe the scoop itself was made for grain, but, as if found it coated in soot, am thinking the spikes may have been added for stoking and scooping out a fireplace?