i think brick tong

[matto]

i think this is a brick buck tong??

[ThomasPowers]

Could be,  I own a couple that use the handle for leverage to hold a line of bricks  Have you tried it to see if it works well for that use?

[matto]

have not tried yet needs a little lub to move more freely.  but it does move.  my other thought was to pick ice blocks but would think it would need points on the end.

[ThomasPowers]

Note the angle of the gripping end---what size is it when they are parallel?

[Everything Mac]

Some one put a fair amount of effort in to making them. I'd be interested to see what size they hold. 

 

Andy

[jkmas]

Battery tong???

[arkie]

Not ice tongs...they are a single x-shape with inward-facing points.  Looks like a brick carrier.

[matto]

I will get some measurements and some pics with bricks.  It is just fun to see what you can find when scrounging barns

[VaughnT]

Those curved ends would allow it to grip various widths of material.  Could be for stone work where the individual pieces are never a uniform size.

Or, it could be for carrying batteries.  I've seen those before, and the short handle doesn't apply too much pressure to the sides of the battery.  If you worked around cars and such back in the days before uniformity standards, you'd probably run into a lot of batteries of different lengths.

[matto]

makes sense.  never thought battery tongs till posting this.  they came from an old farm that did blacksmithing and auto work for people around the farm.

[Alan Evans]

What is the shape of the handle that is out of the picture? Does it have an inverted L shape?

The jaws must be almost closed shut by the time that is vertical and preventing a pendulum swing of the load...

Can you re photograph showing the complete tool?

Alan

 

[Frank Turley]

I haven't  seen the one handled style as the pic shows. The old ones with two equal length handles are called 'lazy tongs.'

[matto]

alan i will get new picks tomorrow.  i would say the handle shape is a lazy curve.  

[Daniel S]

They look like the log tongs on this page.  They could be an early version. http://ext.nrs.wsu.edu/handtools/tools/movinglogs/

[phabib]

The brick tongs I've got hold 8-12 bricks depending on how you adjust the jaws.  Something like this couldn't hold enough bricks to make using the tool worth it.  I vote battery carrier.

 

[matto]

i will try to get more pics posted today.