jeffmoss26
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Picked them up over the weekend, the only marks are -B- on each side.
Thoughts?!
Thoughts?!
help me ID these pliers
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parnass
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The photos don't show any knurling on the the handles. Are they slippery? Could they have been covered by plastic grips before you got them?
KF5LCH
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Man that's a tough one. I've never seen that logo & Alloy Artifacts is a bust. The B sure looks like the Bonney B minus the shield.
Good looking set of pliers tho.
Good looking set of pliers tho.
Picked them up over the weekend, the only marks are -B- on each side.
Thoughts?!
I don't know about the pliers but I noticed your Sparrow's pinning mat. Is there a locks and picking thread here?
uniballer
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Bonney!
OP
jeffmoss26
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rancherbill
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It is unusual that there is not a full company name,
I'm just throwing this out. I read somewhere that during WWII many products were made by companies that did not make them normally.
So my guess is that they were made by BillyBob's Rail Spike Company. It would be easy for them to kick out 20,000 pairs of pliers.
I'd look for military markings references.
I'm just throwing this out. I read somewhere that during WWII many products were made by companies that did not make them normally.
So my guess is that they were made by BillyBob's Rail Spike Company. It would be easy for them to kick out 20,000 pairs of pliers.
I'd look for military markings references.
Steven67fr
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I think the construction looks similar to those more generic "drop forged" pliers. But the B marking is more unusual!
Private Lugnutz
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As far as I know, Bonney did not make standard combination wire-cutting slip joint pliers in the "B Shield" {B} logo era, and I've never seen an example of any other Bonney tool with a "-B-" logo. Bonney sold standard wire-cutting slip joint pliers later, but they were made by Crescent, as were their adjustable wrenches, and bore the BONNEY logo.
It does look wartime vintage (either natural steel finish or possibly cadmium or nickel-plated), but if it's a wartime manufacturer, I've never seen it before. Not saying it's not, just that it would be very rare, not a known brand. (Assuming those are 6" pliers, they are in the on-board toolkits of every truck under 2-1/2 tons made by GMC, Dodge, Ford, and Willys, and those pliers suppliers are all known.)
If you don't mind disassembling, Jeff, sometimes there are forged-in model or die numbers on the flip sides of each half near the joint.
It does look wartime vintage (either natural steel finish or possibly cadmium or nickel-plated), but if it's a wartime manufacturer, I've never seen it before. Not saying it's not, just that it would be very rare, not a known brand. (Assuming those are 6" pliers, they are in the on-board toolkits of every truck under 2-1/2 tons made by GMC, Dodge, Ford, and Willys, and those pliers suppliers are all known.)
If you don't mind disassembling, Jeff, sometimes there are forged-in model or die numbers on the flip sides of each half near the joint.
Private Lugnutz
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Another explanation is contract pliers made by one manufacturer, but branded for re-sale by a third party or a tractor company etc. If so, they're not Crescent which had the checkerdot pattern handles. Maybe Vlchek. They did alot of that.
Farmall450
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I know billings lifetime made wrenches...