Sideways Pincers but for what
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Maybe for cutting the ends off nails when shoeing horses.
Orraloon
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Looks like a notch on the end of the handle for pulling tacks or small nails so perhaps used in upholstery or even shoe making. Looks too small and dainty for farrier work.
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John
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John
Cabinetman
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Sorry I don’t know their proper purpose, but I’ve had a pair for as long as I can remember, they get used for all sorts of things, they just lend themselves to some jobs I think it’s the angled jaws in relation to the handles.
Ian
Ian
mrpercysnodgrass
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Like Cabinetman I have a pair of these, also for as long as I can remember, I rounded off the cutting edge and use them for pulling pins and tacks, I have always assumed they were an electricians tool but I don't really know what, if anything I have based that on!
If you watch a farrier they usually just twist the ends off the nails using the claw end of the hammer, leaving a short projecting bit which is then folded and hammered down against the side of the hoof towards the shoe.
For info - In farriery the protruding nail is initially twisted off with claw of the driving hammer.
No you didn’t have a 0 7 2 and 3 in your time stamp. That was essentially when discussing farriers hammers.Oh can I join in, A farrier usually twists off the nails with the claw of their driving hammer.
Apologies for the thread hi-jack I started...
Sorry, Blister,
In-between me writing my post and sending it I was looking for a photo of a driving hammer to showthe short sharp claws /me doing it, but couldn't find one. Here's the nearest I can find of me on the iron, but with a rounding hammer. Supervising Farrier Tom Lee, Horseguards. I'm the slim one with a beard!
1991, where do the years go?
Sorry, Blister,
In-between me writing my post and sending it I was looking for a photo of a driving hammer to showthe short sharp claws /me doing it, but couldn't find one. Here's the nearest I can find of me on the iron, but with a rounding hammer. Supervising Farrier Tom Lee, Horseguards. I'm the slim one with a beard!
1991, where do the years go?
I don't know if this helps, but something similar for sale on eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403956853855 - says it is used in leather working/cobblers. Don't know if that is true.
Wick trimmers?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164850519409 Diagonal cutting pliers, but as it doesn't name a trade or use it doesn't get us much further! There are plenty more or less identical on ebay, showing wire being 'snipped'. I suppose the diagonal aspect removes the need to hold traditional square nippers vertically above the subject when 'nippering'.
There are many variations of ‘side cutters’ in the world. Mainly I suspect to make access easier to whatever it is you’re cutting. I have several different ones for electronics for different size of wire, flush cut, angle of attack etc.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the example posted here was originally made to address a very specific job but for sure turns up in tool boxes having been bought as just the job for xxx which probably had nothing to do with the original intention.
Wick cutter would be a good use for them
I wouldn’t be surprised if the example posted here was originally made to address a very specific job but for sure turns up in tool boxes having been bought as just the job for xxx which probably had nothing to do with the original intention.
Wick cutter would be a good use for them
A forerunner to today's "sidecutter" ??
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They are for clipping the wires after soldering components into circuit boards. The angle is there to help get the jaws through the forest of wires sticking out of the newly soldered board.
They're not really used for commercial board production, more for hand soldered prototype boards.
Attached is a photo of a pair of mine
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