Timber Ridge Forge Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I picked up two of these in a lot of tools my guess is for a farrier but would love to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 What does the stamping say? I'd wonder if they were not bunion stretchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeltree Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 yes bunion stretcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Commonly misidentified as blacksmithing tongs, often made from cast iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Ridge Forge Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Gotcha thanks guys. It was something I noticed literally it was among about 20 tongs so I appreciate the information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I saw a pair like that hanging in an old shoemakers shop in Rogers, long gone now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I've seen several with an open circle on one bit and the ball on the other---marked as blacksmithing tongs by "antique dealers" except in the 100 year old catalogs where they are shown as bunion stretchers for shoes. (eg: page 726 of the 1905 Sears Roebuck catalog has one with the ball and loop.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Invented for the imprisonment of the author of The Pilgrim's Progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Then I salute the person who invented them! Probably kept around for Paul too. (IIRC; like that quote about Milton's Paradise Lost "None ever wished it longer!") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Ridge Forge Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Here are a few more photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 That pair says Hill's hog tongs, so it's used to hold a hogs snout according to google. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&q=hill's+hog+tongs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Ridge Forge Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Yikes! Just read about them seems rather Cruel but who am I to judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 You seen a horse twitch? Or the "bull nose holder" ? At some Vet schools there is an entire course on how to restrain animals during treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Lets not even mention the Burdizzo...ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 That last is why you NEED to restrain the animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Ridge Forge Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 I am a 6”3 Big old softy when it comes to animals. I am also a realist so I get the purpose back in the day just still feel bad(especially when I saw the diagram of its usage). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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