Is This For Sewing Sacks or Bags? What Is Its Name?

Google image search wants it to be a pistol cleaning rod, which I doubt.
A word search for sack needle yields nothing that looks like it. I wanna know how to use a sack needle, which I hope it is. It's ~6 1/4" long, made of ~3/16" steel rod. Thanks for lookin'!

 

lots of similar examples as a revolver/pistol cleaning rod

Makarov Pistol Cleaning Rod (libertytreecollectors.com)

vintage revolver pistol cleaning rod - page 1 | WorthPoint

 

Pistol cleaning rod. A small piece of cloth is inserted in the slot , soaked with cleaning fluid and used to clean the barrel. A sack needle which they used to sew up feed sacks after they were filled looks just like a needle but with a large slot for heavier thread.

 

Thanks, all...I'm familiar with firearms cleaning tools. I'll admit the similarity here, but for cleaning pistol barrels I can see no need for the point on this tool...hence my doubt.

Alternatively, I'm dead-wrong an' my example is indeed a cleaning rod; why, pray, the point? I don't get it...

 

Another option might be a "pull fid splicing needle" -


https://www.velasailingsupply.com/R...wgEhtrHQyZ-HhPBXZQUwCcTqYruR4sisaApRuEALw_wcB

 

@the blacksmith ...?

 

I had breakfast with an old friend this morning...he has been an FFL dealer for decades, an' there's very little about modern an' vintage firearms he doesn't know. He laughed when I told of my opinion about it being a sack-needle...an' said straight up, it's a cleaning rod.
Thus ends another in a long saga of my misunderstandings about stuff. If I were a bit smarter, I wouldn't parade my ignorance quite so publicly, but...

 

did your little expert explain the sharp point to you......or was that dismissed..??

 

He's my size, 'tho somewhat lighter; 6'4", 205#...so where d'ya get little, komo? Sounds condescending, to me.
An' no, the point wasn't discussed.

 

I agree with you. While it resembles a cleaning rod, that sharp tip makes me think it really is a splicing needle

 

Seconded. A cleaning rod wouldn't need to push a hole in fabric.

 

I don't know him...but

you wrote..
" but for cleaning pistol barrels I can see no need for the point on this tool...hence my doubt."
&
"Alternatively, I'm dead-wrong an' my example is indeed a cleaning rod; why, pray, the point? I don't get it..."

So, u get this pal of yours , who you consider to be an expert .....
& your major concern is not addressed.......... or even brought up !

So ya......maybe my tone was a bit flippant towards your pal...... because I was anticipating an explanation to a major ' sticking point ' that has been brought up in this discussion by you as well as others......

Condescending I was not !!

 

the Makarov cleaner does present with a tiny pointed end......but also a slot big enuf to easily tread a cloth....... thanks @TallCakes

I see a big difference from the rod @wlwhittier presents us with.

It may be a gun rod.....but so far I remain unconvinced........

 

BUMP..

 

I'm outta here...

 

Don't let the door....................

 

I had looked at this yesterday, and refrained from adding my worthless 2 cents to the thread, but since Komo has tagged me.........

My thinking was as a tool for deep buttoning furniture. I don't think it is frearms related personally.

See, I told you it was worthless......

 

not by a long shot !

&,,, I like that answer... Naugahyde can be tough to poke thru to get those buttons in place ....

 

I worry about that sharp point , catching on the inner barrel rifling & scratching it....

a real no no !!