Kool tool

[seber]

I have a few of my father's old tools that were thrown into a box by my sister. She thought they were just junk but gave me the works in case I wanted to go through it. That was ten years ago and I just happened across it. In it was this tool. I have no idea what it is. If you lay it down with what looks like the pry foot in pulling position, it has nowhere to go, as the handle is already on the table.

 

[LeonardY]

It's an upholstery brad nail puller.

 

[Junkman]

That is an upholstery tack puller. It was used for the large decroative tack heads that were commonplace in the 20s on velvet or leather furniture.

 

[RTM]

Hobnails was a common name for those tacks.

And yes, a tack puller. May be bent to heck.

 

[RTM]

Here is an example

Spiegel Brothers : Steelcraft Products : Catalog No. 20 : Spiegel Brothers Corp. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

98 p., illus., 22.8 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

 

[mv213]

Here is an example

Spiegel Brothers : Steelcraft Products : Catalog No. 20 : Spiegel Brothers Corp. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

98 p., illus., 22.8 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

$.75 a dozen! Those prices are unbelievably low.

 

[engineer2]

Now you can modify it to pull the plastic fasteners that hold car bumpers on.

 

[2oolhound]

I guess you lift up instead of push down so you'd have to have it all the way under the tack.

 

[Renegade1LI]

Still widely available, this husky from hd, used for lots of little pulling jobs.