I picked up two of these in a lot of tools my guess is for a farrier but would love to know

What does the stamping say?  I'd wonder if they were not bunion stretchers.

yes bunion stretcher

Commonly misidentified as blacksmithing tongs, often made from cast iron.

Gotcha thanks guys. It was something I noticed literally it was among about 20 tongs so I appreciate the information.

I saw a pair like that hanging in an old shoemakers shop in Rogers, long gone now.

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.)

Invented for the imprisonment of the author of The Pilgrim's Progress.

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!")

Here are a few more photos 

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

Yikes! Just read about them seems rather Cruel but who am I to judge. 

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.

Lets not even mention the Burdizzo...ouch.

That last is why you NEED to restrain the animal.

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).