Hello Lumberjocks,
I am needing some help to I D this tool.
From Grandads tool box. Grandad woodshop back to early green powermatic saws, jointer etc. made in USA.
Also had machine shop with tooling back from early 1900's.
I have been through Graham Blackburn Woodworking handtools, Instruments & Devices. Not there.
Run through e- bay and couple other web sites, no luck. Myself 50 years mechanical work and tools, never seen this one.
Tool could be 1870's onward mfg. date. My guess is grab something, a nail, staple, tack head with the duck bill and rotate back on the pole to lift it out. The curvature on the top side of the jaws would also work to grab something and rotate back on the top side for lift. Pole face has very slight curvature and may have also been used as a hammer.
Only markings are WA KER and what appears to be a three. Original was probably WALKER.
ANYONE ever seen or know the designed use of this tool?
Thanks for looking.
Ernie
Tedstor: No cutter, no puller, I doubt they are fence pliers. I rode fence on horseback for 4 years in the summer during the 60's. I never saw a set like those.
I wasn't worried about the age, just the quality and the subject itself.
Those rules were given out to producers in the 50's and 60's, (yeah, even with the metric markings).
I was born in Roseburg, a long way south of Portland, but my dad drove one of their wagons in the 50's with a 2 horse team. Out to every farmer in the area picking up the cans of raw milk.
Thanks everyone. Did not take long to clear this one up.
Dallas, yep, got couple miles of fence here on this place and they are not fence pliers. They could be used for clinch nails horse shoes. Lot of tools get used at other occupations Thanks for the good input.
dhazelton, that website had it exact. The ruler fools you. 20's or earlier, when brand new a pack of them were tucked away safe and dry and discovered two years ago and bought up by antique shop outside of Portland. I picked it up for $2.00 & keep in desk drawer for straightedge.
Renners, Irish, From SW Washington to Ireland, must be 7 or 8,000 miles, you put the final word on it. Thanks and God bless.
Ernie
Dallas got it right! That is a farrier's nail clincher.
The 'hammer looking' block on the side is a clinch block for tightening the clinches after they have been cut and before using the clincher.
They are used to stretch the upper over the last. The hammer is to set tacks to hold the leather in place. Then there are many ways to attach the upper to the midsole.
I have 3 in different sizes and shapes.
Edit the hammer part also acts as a fulcrum to aid in stretching the leather.
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