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Help ID what these pliers are for.
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RTM
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Bernard Shollhorn parallel jaw pliers. Whole thread on them in the vintage board, find it in the index at the top.
Usage is anywhere you’d use pliers, more so where the parallel jaws would help.
Usage is anywhere you’d use pliers, more so where the parallel jaws would help.
e015475
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I've seen them used by jewelers and glass shops. They also work well with sheet metal. Iv'e had a coupled pair over the years and find them very useful - something better than a pair of slip pliers but less grip than vicegrips
Thank you. Seems like the jaws can produce some clamping force with the scissor action design.I've seen them used by jewelers and glass shops. They also work well with sheet metal. Iv'e had a coupled pair over the years and find them very useful - something better than a pair of slip pliers but less grip than vicegrips
Dave455
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As RTM said, they’re just regular parallel jaw pliers.
Use them anywhere that the compound leverage, or the parallel jaws, give an advantage. If you start using them, you will find there are quite a few cases where they are superior.
I have a pair with grooved jaws, and there is no better tool for removing pins. Nothing else grips as well.
The Maun company in the U.K. make many sizes and patterns. Cutters too. The smaller ones are very popular in the jewellery trade.
Use them anywhere that the compound leverage, or the parallel jaws, give an advantage. If you start using them, you will find there are quite a few cases where they are superior.
I have a pair with grooved jaws, and there is no better tool for removing pins. Nothing else grips as well.
The Maun company in the U.K. make many sizes and patterns. Cutters too. The smaller ones are very popular in the jewellery trade.
neophyte
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As has been said, they’re pliers, just with parallel jaws.
Currently, they’re widely used in smaller sizes in the jewelry trade.
In the larger 6-1/2” and 8” sizes (with cutters, which is a standard variety) they’re used as one of the standard fencing pliers in Australia.
The 6-1/2” size, and maybe the 8” size, both have Nato Stock Number designations, since they’ve been used in certain Military tool kits since WWI. (Signal Corps and Armorer’s Tool Kits used the pliers)
There are Stainless and rust free coated versions made for surgical and orthodontic use.
Originally, the pliers were also marketed to Ophthalmologists.
After WWII, they were also heavily marketed as fishermen’s pliers.
Sargent Tools is the successor of the William Schollhorn Co., which made arrangements with the original inventor William Bernard, to be the official manufacturer of the pliers. (Bernard became part owner and a salesman and inventor for the Schollhorn Co. ).
The original design was patented in 1890.
Currently, they’re widely used in smaller sizes in the jewelry trade.
In the larger 6-1/2” and 8” sizes (with cutters, which is a standard variety) they’re used as one of the standard fencing pliers in Australia.
The 6-1/2” size, and maybe the 8” size, both have Nato Stock Number designations, since they’ve been used in certain Military tool kits since WWI. (Signal Corps and Armorer’s Tool Kits used the pliers)
There are Stainless and rust free coated versions made for surgical and orthodontic use.
Originally, the pliers were also marketed to Ophthalmologists.
After WWII, they were also heavily marketed as fishermen’s pliers.
Sargent Tools is the successor of the William Schollhorn Co., which made arrangements with the original inventor William Bernard, to be the official manufacturer of the pliers. (Bernard became part owner and a salesman and inventor for the Schollhorn Co. ).
The original design was patented in 1890.