On 12/2/2016 at 1:15 PM, steven newman said:

Case one snaps off while you are out riding the fence line.    Maybe this was made before the "Fencing Pliers" came out?     Besides, made a good self-defense weapon....

 

After all, these are just...pliers..

Utica   1932 - 10-1/4"    From Utica NY, USA    Dad's pliers.     The "hook " was more for digging into a post..

Staple puller, hammer, two sizes of wrenches, two sizes of wire cutters.   Cowboy all-in-one tool.   Wrench part was also to splice wires together. 

Is actually a electricians tool for hanging wire. Knob and tube, later bx and Romex. Staple puller helped i n replacing lines or mishammered Staples.  I agree the hammer with the hooks is for rolling timbers on a Alaskan sawmill instead of trying to roll them with just hands.

 

Well, at least it is NOT a Bisaigue..

 

Fence pliers,  Cowboy tool Kit.     Farmers around here used them all the  time repairing farm fence rows.  

 

The old Staple puller?   Might have been for those big staples used to hold the Lightning Arrestor  cables.    Them were the HUGE ones....

The only thing I can think of that hasn't been mentioned. It's an old tire bead hammer for breaking the tire loose from the rim.

9 minutes ago, RustyFN said:

The only thing I can think of that hasn't been mentioned. It's an old tire bead hammer for breaking the tire loose from the rim.

I saw those Stick. I was thinking maybe this was a lot earlier version.

9 minutes ago, RustyFN said:

I saw those Stick. I was thinking maybe this was a lot earlier version.

I have 2 power wagons w/ split rims '44 and '67 and the tire tool kits contain nothing like what's here...

on the flip side it could be a European tire tool.. or one from yestercentury...

1 hour ago, Stick486 said:

I have 2 power wagons w/ split rims '44 and '67 and the tire tool kits contain nothing like what's here...

on the flip side it could be a European tire tool.. or one from yestercentury...

Maybe used to remove the shoes from draft horses?

John

1 hour ago, HARO50 said:

Maybe used to remove the shoes from draft horses?

John

neighbor is a farrier and there is nothing like that in his multi-generation collection...

farrier's hammer...

How about a specialty upholstery hammer.

 

I think we are scratching for straws here. To me this tool was used for something way before anything we have had in our lifetimes and long forgotten.

Hebr

Could also have been a single tool made by a blacksmith to someone's specification.  Something such as a silversmith or coppersmith and used to stipple the inside of small bowls.

 

14 minutes ago, Dadio said:

To me this tool was used for something way before anything we have had in our lifetimes and long forgotten.

They all are Herb, thus the reason MWTCA exists, to preserve the history of our tools and implements.

42 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

How about a specialty upholstery hammer.

 

Nah, I've been an upholsterer for over 45 years, and have never seen anything like it.

John

15 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

Could also have been a single tool made by a blacksmith to someone's specification.  Something such as a silversmith or coppersmith and used to stipple the inside of small bowls.

 

WOW!!! Somebody has more hammers than I do! Yours?

John

31 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

WOW!!! Somebody has more hammers than I do! Yours?

John

 

No, just pulled these off the interweb.

Ive been all over the net and calling antique tool dealers etc nothing lines up. Ferriers, nautical, blacksmithing, fire, whaling, etc.....not a thing...sittin here scratching my head..no body seems to know

7 hours ago, Dadio said:

this tool was used for something way before anything we have had in our lifetimes and long forgotten.

 

and so many of us can relate...

 

14 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

 

and so many of us can relate...

 

 

Stick, is that your old girlfriend, Lucy's, brother?

3 minutes ago, schnewj said:

 

Stick, is that your old girlfriend, Lucy's, brother?

uncle...

Just now, Stick486 said:

uncle...

 

I see where she got her looks!