I made these tongs a few years ago to forge anvils and tank turrets. They hold both round square and Zeus's big toe.

you must have really large hands

You can flip them over and use them for a post hole digger.

That's pretty funny! But can you use them to pry with?

Maybe he could pry the nail off Zeus's big toe.

Dang, I wondered where I left those... can I get them back now?

Come up to NY and get em, Ill buy you some real Pizza.

I'll buy the pizza for those babies, don't know how I'm gonna fit them on my bike though.

Looks like a Guinness Book of World records candidate to me! I think it's time they added a world record held by a blacksmith.

:huh: I need to fetch me a pair of them! I could use'em ta grab my youngins' by the head and dip'em in the pond on bath day!

Those are cute. Can we see your BIG tongs now?

One of our OABA smiths here used to work in Stelco's Blacksmith shop and bought a bunch of big tongs for scrap prices which he sold at our meetings. He donated the largest pair, a pair of 16" v bit tongs to the auction at Caniron in Hamilton.

A mate sent me this picture of his wife standing next to these tongs at a historical town on the border of Victoria & New South Wales Australia . Said there was 20 odd more pair like it in the shop . The area where shop is was a paddle wheel river boat station , so i'd say these where at some stage used on repair of the boats


Dale Russell ( aka ) Lefty