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Looks like an early version of a fencing pliers. Other versions look
more like this:
<http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?itemnumber=G8068>
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 19:28:46 GMT, "Baron" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Please take the time to take a quick look.
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>http://wyblewood.com/index7.htm
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>Thanks
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I'd guess its simply a multi-purpose tool.
If it IS a specialty tool...for some trade...it probably had
something to do with piping...because of the round, teethed opening.
When closed, does the opening happen to be just under 1/2"?...or 3/4"?
See how it fits over a piece of galvanized pipe.
Wishing you and yours a happy Thanksgiving season...
Trent
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 20:20:44 -0500, Mark <[email protected]>
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> I believe it's simply an older multi-purpose tool.
>Not expensive when new, not worth much now.
Unless it's firearms or wine related, in which case the collector
price can make rare Millers Falls planes look cheap !
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 20:00:32 GMT, "Wade Lippman"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Its for setting barbed wire.
I don't think it's a fencing plier, although it's close.
Fencing pliers have round heads (like a claw hammer) and a single
spike to the back of the head, rather than a hatchet. One of their
primary uses is to strain wires tight, by using them like a prybar.
The head on this tool wouldn't "roll" correctly.
If the sides of the "screwdriver" are sharp, then it's a gas fitters
tool, from the days of lead pipe. Lighting fittings needed the end of
the lead pipe opened up in this way, before attaching the gooseneck.
Larger pipes, like those to stoves or heaters, used a separate tool,
but the small lighting pipes often had part of a multi-tool for it.
Overall though, I think it's just an early multi-tool.
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I never said it was a *good* fencing tool <g!>
Rob
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> I have to go along with Howard & Baron, as it sounds very logical. It is
> most definitely NOT a fencing tool!(DAMHIKT)
> Fer one thing, the hammer head on this is smooth, and the hammer head on a
> fencing tool is cross-hatched like a framing hammer.
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> Nahmie
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It's a "fencing tool", usually used to work a wire fence (including barbed
wire) to wooden fence posts.
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Its for setting barbed wire.
"Trent©" wrote ...
> If it IS a specialty tool...for some trade...it probably had
> something to do with piping...because of the round, teethed opening.
That could be the foreman's behavior adjustment tool. I used to have a
relief foreman that, if she caught you sleeping on night shift, was known to
wake you by firmly gripping your "wheel base". You might think some were
not averse to this form of behavioral modification except that she looked
like bigfoot - only uglier.
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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Please take the time to take a quick look.
>
> http://wyblewood.com/index7.htm
>
I disagree with the fencing tool responses. While it looks
somewhat similar, a close inspection indicates that it
actually doesn't have any of the tools needed for fencing
(except hammer).
It does, however, have a number of general purpose type
tools. I believe it's simply an older multi-purpose tool.
Not expensive when new, not worth much now.
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Mark
The truth as I perceive it to be.
Your perception may be different.
Triple Z is spam control.
I have never seen a set of fencing pliers with a cross-hatched head. All
fencing pliers I have used have had a polished face.
Matt
> I have to go along with Howard & Baron, as it sounds very logical. It is
> most definitely NOT a fencing tool!(DAMHIKT)
> Fer one thing, the hammer head on this is smooth, and the hammer head on a
> fencing tool is cross-hatched like a framing hammer.
>
> Nahmie
>
>
"Wade Lippman" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> "Baron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Please take the time to take a quick look.
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>> http://wyblewood.com/index7.htm
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>> Thanks
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> Its for setting barbed wire.
I agree -- used one on the farm when I was younger.
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> "Howard Ruttan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "Baron" wrote ...
> > > Please take the time to take a quick look. <snip>
> >
> > Although it looks similar to fencing pliers, which I have used, I think
I
> > have to disagree with some of my esteemed colleagues. I think it's an
old
> > fashioned box tool used by warehouse and dock workers. Everything you
> need
> > to open or close a wooden crate in one tool.
> >
> That is true. It could very well be a box tool.
I have to go along with Howard & Baron, as it sounds very logical. It is
most definitely NOT a fencing tool!(DAMHIKT)
Fer one thing, the hammer head on this is smooth, and the hammer head on a
fencing tool is cross-hatched like a framing hammer.
Nahmie
"Unicorn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have never seen a set of fencing pliers with a cross-hatched head. All
> fencing pliers I have used have had a polished face.
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> Matt
Well, you know how it is with us oldtimers sonny, our memory may not be
quite as sharp as we like to think.
Nahmie
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> Just checked the fence tool I inherited from my Dad. Yep, cross hatched.
Thankyou! Maybe my brain cells aren't quite so deteriorated after all. I
also looked in 2003 Grz catalog, & the printed picture shows, if not
cross-hatched, at least grooves cut crossways.
Nahmie
"Mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
> > Please take the time to take a quick look.
> >
> > http://wyblewood.com/index7.htm
> >
> I disagree with the fencing tool responses. While it looks
> somewhat similar, a close inspection indicates that it
> actually doesn't have any of the tools needed for fencing
> (except hammer).
>
> It does, however, have a number of general purpose type
> tools. I believe it's simply an older multi-purpose tool.
> Not expensive when new, not worth much now.
>
Not too concerned about value, just really interested in it's 'original'
use.
Because the only examples presented seem to come from Europe I was thinking
it might be an old military issue for troops working with horses in the
field. It would make a quick and dirty shoeing tool.
"Howard Ruttan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Baron" wrote ...
> > Please take the time to take a quick look. <snip>
>
> Although it looks similar to fencing pliers, which I have used, I think I
> have to disagree with some of my esteemed colleagues. I think it's an old
> fashioned box tool used by warehouse and dock workers. Everything you
need
> to open or close a wooden crate in one tool.
>
That is true. It could very well be a box tool.
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> Howard
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Gee Wizzzz Guys--
Don't y'all know what a first generation LEATHERMAN tool looks like?!?!?!?
It's called "The Grand Paw."
"Baron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Careful here, your talking about my wife 8~)
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Apprentice Termite
I'd much rather be hammered than nailed 8~)
"Howard Ruttan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Trent©" wrote ...
> > If it IS a specialty tool...for some trade...it probably had
> > something to do with piping...because of the round, teethed opening.
>
> That could be the foreman's behavior adjustment tool. I used to have a
> relief foreman that, if she caught you sleeping on night shift, was known to
> wake you by firmly gripping your "wheel base". You might think some were
> not averse to this form of behavioral modification except that she looked
> like bigfoot - only uglier.
>
> --
>
> Cheers,
> Howard
>
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"Baron" wrote ...
> Please take the time to take a quick look. <snip>
Although it looks similar to fencing pliers, which I have used, I think I
have to disagree with some of my esteemed colleagues. I think it's an old
fashioned box tool used by warehouse and dock workers. Everything you need
to open or close a wooden crate in one tool.
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Cheers,
Howard
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