{"id":1612,"date":"2024-07-01T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T11:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2024-06-30T07:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T11:41:21","slug":"s-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/2024\/07\/01\/s-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"S Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_0008-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"An iron hook in the shape of an S with decorative twists in the center and curls on the ends. This tool was simple enough for a beginner blacksmith to make but also incredibly useful for hanging items like lanterns. In the 90s my Explorer Post made several of these while doing historical reenacting and I still have use for mine every now and then.\" class=\"wp-image-1613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_0008-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_0008-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_0008-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_0008-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_0008-2048x1356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alt Text: An iron hook in the shape of an S with decorative twists in the center and curls on the ends. This tool was simple enough for a beginner blacksmith to make but also incredibly useful for hanging items like lanterns. In the 90s my Explorer Post made several of these while doing historical reenacting and I still have use for mine every now and then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alt Text: An iron hook in the shape of an S with decorative twists in the center and curls on the ends. This tool was simple enough for a beginner blacksmith to make but also incredibly useful for hanging items like lanterns. In the 90s my Explorer Post made several of these while doing historical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,3],"tags":[123,315,304],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-photo","category-photo","tag-historical-reenactment","tag-hook","tag-tool"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC_0008-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NYym-q0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1589,"url":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/photos\/2024\/06\/24\/tree-hook\/","url_meta":{"origin":1612,"position":0},"title":"Tree Hook","author":"Aaron Smith","date":"2024-06-24","format":false,"excerpt":"This hook was initially placed to hang a hammock, but it's been many years since it was used. 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