Glenn Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Do you know what these plyers were used for? Garey Ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Gold Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Looks like some kind of leather punch to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 ...or perhaps some sort of riveting tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 I know nothing, but I would tend to agree with Tyler. Most likely some sort of leather punch. But the curious thing is that the die looks to be interchangable. It has a retaining spring over the top. But does not look too strong to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Thomas Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 You'll get at least somebody that's seen and used these if you publish it on the practical machinist board. The traffic on there is unconscious.http://www.practicalmachinist.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strine Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Is it something for marking animal ears? But it looks like the two prongs go on either side of the little round anvil. Maybe the prongs held another piece? Could it be a tram conductors thingy for punching tickets. On Melbourne trams the 'connies' had their own shape, be it a star, a heart a diamond etc I think there were lots of different ones "Tickets please" Got it. It's something somebody made years ago when he had nothing else to do, thinking one day someone is going to ask what on earth do these pliers do. Then he hid them in the bottom of a tool box. That's him in the background finally having a giggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted September 3, 2005 Author Share Posted September 3, 2005 YOU GOT IT !! We threw this up as a question during the Blueprint reading and (I am sorry I forgot the name) recognized it as a tool to install ear tags on cows. Thanks for having at go at identifing the tool. Any more out there that need identified ? Post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandpile Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 They look some what like the first BRUCELLOISES(SP) TAGGING PLIERS, First meaning the first I ever saw. GOVERNMENT AND STATE vets used them. You first made a hole slipped the tag in through the hole and used the pliers to press the end through a slit in the tag, then bent the tag over on its self. The tag was metal and had an identifing number on the tag. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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