Whatintheheckisitanyway?

Huckleberry Friend Spudbob emails: “I wonder if you would be willing to post the following two pictures (click on photo above for 2nd one), and ask the denizens of Huckleberries to help me out. I recently acquired the pictured item and am unsure exactly what it is. Obviously it is used to pick something up. But what? Why does it have the blade on the end? Whatintheheckisitanyway?

DFO: My guess? Something to pick up small logs?