Anyone have these pliers in their toolbox

[Kevin54]

I ran across this on another site and wondered if anyone has a pair like this and know what they are used for? I'll post up in a little while if no one knows exactly. I didn't until I read it.

SEE BELOW....I don't know what happened to this pic

[Mr_fixit]

nope. looks like the tiny little red x pliers.

[Coach James]

Nope. I can't find any place around here that stocks the red x pliers. I would be willing to try them though.

Coach

[Kevin54]

It shows up on my computer. Anyways, lets try this again http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=25381&d=1232908754

[mkdive]

Looks like a whale?!

[Kevin54]

Not what I'd thought they were used for

[nissan_crawler]

That's slightly disturbing.:spit:

[3 at 8]

Pulling horses teeth???

[bchee]

That Is Horrible!!!!!!!!! I Want To Cry Now. Is it used AFTER it's dead??

[jay50]

Pulling horses teeth???

Pulling whales teeth????

[3 at 8]

Pulling horses teeth???

I was just quessing, there most likely not, please don't get upset. I said that because I remember being a little kid and looking at a weird pair of pliers in my dads toolbox and he told me thats what they were for. He had two horses so I figured he was'nt making it up.

[Stephenw]

They're for pulling hen's teeth. :bounce:

[nissan_crawler]

That Is Horrible!!!!!!!!! I Want To Cry Now. Is it used AFTER it's dead??

That's how it GETS dead. The rest of you guessers need to read the box in the picture.

[Jbullfrog]

Good luck getting a chicken to bite on that one. I used to catch and hold for my grandmother when we butchered chickens. The holding part was critical, or you would have to re-catch the run aways.

[Bull]

I would think cutting their heads off in one clean stroke would be a lot more "humane" than crushing and twisting their heads with a pair of Inquisition pliers after ramming one end down their throats.:wtf:

[Coach James]

We always used a hatchet.

Coach

[Jononon]

If you're too squeamish to break a chicken's neck (their heads tend to come off in your hand), you're hardly going to want to stick pliers in its beak and crush its skull :confused:

That Is Horrible!!!!!!!!! I Want To Cry Now. Is it used AFTER it's dead??

Are you sure you live in Texas ? :p

[eschoendorff]

Okay, I give up... what are the pliers for???

And, at the risk of sounding like a total idiot, I would starve before I could kill an animal. I love my pets.... and in my mind, meat does not come from animals, it comes from the store.

[nissan_crawler]

Okay, I give up... what are the pliers for???

And, at the risk of sounding like a total idiot, I would starve before I could kill an animal. I love my pets.... and in my mind, meat does not come from animals, it comes from the store.

look at the picture at the bottom of the first page.

[eschoendorff]

Oh for Pete's sake!!!!! :rolleyes:

[Brad54]

Okay, I give up... what are the pliers for???

And, at the risk of sounding like a total idiot, I would starve before I could kill an animal. I love my pets.... and in my mind, meat does not come from animals, it comes from the store.

No risk there. "Risk" indicates it could go one way or the other. :bounce:

I love my pets too. I'd be devastated if something happened to our family dog, and I'd be upset if something happened to our three outside cats, too. But being a confirmed meatatarian, I take a fair amount of pride in providing venison and fresh fish for my family's table.

I have a friend in Michigan that is very granola. Mother Earth News, compost, the whole nine yards. They raise about 50 chickens a year, and when the chickens get between 4 and 6 pounds, they butcher them and throw them in the freezer, generally in batches of 15 or 20 birds at a time. They've figured that after all costs, it's about a buck a pound, not counting the labor. No growth hormones, only natural food, etc.
I was there on butchering day last year, and they threw one in the oven that night.

No seasoning, nothing fancy, just a fresh, home-grown chicken under the broiler.

It was absolutely, positively the best tasting chicken I have ever had in my life. I was amazed. They made some gravy with the pan drippings, and it was fantastic too. The chicken was good enough that when we move and get a little chunk of land in the next year or two, I'll be raising a few chickens a year. We could probably get by on one every two weeks.

I think a quick hatchet would be a lot more humane than the pliers though. That is kinda medieval.

-Brad

[walrus]

I have a friend in Michigan that is very granola. Mother Earth News, compost, the whole nine yards. They raise about 50 chickens a year, and when the chickens get between 4 and 6 pounds, they butcher them and throw them in the freezer, generally in batches of 15 or 20 birds at a time. They've figured that after all costs, it's about a buck a pound, not counting the labor. No growth hormones, only natural food, etc.
I was there on butchering day last year, and they threw one in the oven that night.

No seasoning, nothing fancy, just a fresh, home-grown chicken under the broiler.

It was absolutely, positively the best tasting chicken I have ever had in my life. I was amazed. They made some gravy with the pan drippings, and it was fantastic too. The chicken was good enough that when we move and get a little chunk of land in the next year or two, I'll be raising a few chickens a year. We could probably get by on one every two weeks.

I think a quick hatchet would be a lot more humane than the pliers though. That is kinda medieval.

-Brad

My family rasied chickens for many years, they aren't pets, they're food. I've chopped the heads off hundreds of chickens and you're correct that they are the best tasting chicken you'll ever have.