I was given two sets of the tongs in the photo. What are they used for?

similar to a shoe spring tool but not exactly. I bet it is not for blacksmithing. 

They are pipe tongs.

 

 

Ditto what Matto said.  But I might have called them pipe wrenches

Edited July 30, 201510 yr by ThomasPowers

Welcome to the forum and ditto to Matto

well teeny tong pic is a brake spring removing tool auto work !

the first pic looks like it grabs round stock or pipe easy & I will add it will grab many size's not just one

I really need to make one of those LOL ! 

Edited July 30, 201510 yr by IronWolf

You will also find a lot of them with an adjustable thumb screw to set for different sizes.

here is an adjstable one

 Hmm...crescent tongs?  I know, spri g remover.  But that's a handy idea.  I might have to figure out how to make adjustable tongs.

find some old slip joint pliers and re forge them

I know this is a little old of a topic, but they look as if they'd be pretty good for bending

On 29/07/2015 at 6:11 PM, Mountainhouseforge said:

I was given two sets of the tongs in the photo. What are they used for?

Used for scoring and cutting things e.g. pipes or bars.

could be a spanner wrench for colllets

 

It's a wrench thingy.

Frosty The Lucky.

Could also be a punch holder tong

I used a tool very similar to that to stretch brake springs when changing shoes.