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I use the exact same method except I use masking tape in place of duct take, we don't have duct tape laying around the shop or I would probably use it.

Welcome Badger1875!

I have the Diamondback Ironworks 2 burner model and like it a lot although I am new to this craft and really don't have anything to compare it to. Heres a like to their site. http://www.diamondbackironworks.com Copyrighted photo removed and link inserted.

Hello from St. Louis!

Cool thanks for all the input guys. I doubt I will ever mess with a plow shear but I am sure i will find something else to use these for.

Thats only a 3 hour drive from my house...I'll be watching the auction thats for sure...

ool! Those are very similar, I almost guarantee they are from the same manufacturer. Mine are unique to those also in the fact that the swivel jaw arm of the tong passes through the toothed arm, it also has an arc and valley to the toothed portion that yours lack. I am intrigued.... Have you found a use for yours?

The tongs jointed element wont open up far enough to get anything greater than a no. 2 pencil in it as you show Czar. Here is a little animated gif I made showing the relationship between the "tooth" and the jointed element.

Yeah czar the tooth is a bit mangled, they were nearly rusted shut when I got them, I bead blasted them yesterday and thats when I noted their odd design. The damage may just be from rusting away, at least partly. I bought these in a 5 gallon bucket of tongs at an auction put them in the corner and just got to cleaning them up and going through them. I have another pair of tongs from the same bucket that I am pretty sure is wrought iron that I was going to post pics of for confirmation but hadn't got around to it.

I don't have any big chain, it might hold it well, it won't clamp onto anything very small. Your chain idea got me thinking that it might hold a horseshoe pretty tight if the shoe was deeper than the tooth and the tooth would keep it from slipping out. I'll have to get ahold of a horseshoe and give it a try. :cool: Heres a pic of it holding some sheet metal I had lying about, it actually holds it fairly tight though It doesn't feel "right".

Ive just thought that the extra joint on the jaws opposite a sharp tooth was for something special...they dont seem to hold any stock I have very firmly at all mostly due to the tooth on top. Heres a better picture

I picked these up at an auction some time ago and cannot figure out what they are called/used for. Any suggestions?

I never heard of the acronym, but have the phrase. I learned something! :D

Here is a post from a couple of months ago about that very subject. If you do a search you should come up with a couple more as well.