April 24, 200719 yr Hi. I have occasionally seen short-nosed tongs such as those from the following Ebay auctions: 230118797130 200102029757 Are these tongs called pincer tongs? Probably not, since I did a search on that name and did not find much. What are they used for? Holding short pieces of flat stock? It seems that they would grip hard due to the leverage, but since they only grip a short length of the piece, it would be suceptible to levering free. They do seem useful for short pieces which do not lever much but require more room to hit with the hammer, such as a 2 inch long stub. Does this sound right? Thanks! :)
April 24, 200719 yr Short bit tongs have great leverage and were used to handle pieces under a power hammer. The forgings might have a waste boss or a plug that stuck out that could be held with the short bit tongs.
April 24, 200719 yr My favorite set of tongs have only about 3/4" in front of the rivet and hold about 1/4"; nice and light and great for knifemaking----commercially made for horse shoeing IIRC; cost me US$1.50 at the fleamarket about 15 years ago... Thomas
April 24, 200719 yr a chain makers tongs are very short in the bitt ,and the tongs used to make short link chain are only as long as the round bar size used to make the link
May 2, 200719 yr Author Thanks guys! This helps a lot. So, they're good for gripping short things and staying out of the way. Well, I guess that will be up on the project list :)
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