Need help identifying tool HELP!

[ekegelmann]

Picked this up in a garage sale today, can't figure out what it is but for $1 why not. Any help??

 

[raiderhillbilly]

Pig or Hog nose pliers.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VIN...293?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ee22acc7d

 

[CouchSpring]

snow chain pliers

 

[raiderhillbilly]

Looks like they are snow chain pliers. I was assuming the ebay listing above was correct.

I once saw a pecan cracker on ebay listed as a ammunition reloading tool.

 

[Stuart in MN]

With a patent date of 1882, it seems pretty early for snow chains...

 

[woody 73]

I suspect a fence puller of sorts but I could be off.

There is an old saying and it goes something like this...you can give a man a fish and feed him for a day or teach him to fish and feed him for life or something along those lines so...

You have a year and a month that is all you will need and this will help you to get started on your own:

https://www.google.com/webhp?tbo=p&...0_2+1882,ptsdt:a&tbm=pts&q=april+1882+patents

 

[DenisG]

There's one here:
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-double-head-hog-ring-pliers-151168150

 

[Milton Shaw]

The snow chain pliers that I have seen also have a set of jaws to straighten links out and then bend them back together. Those are hog ring pliers for sure.

 

[WWIIjeep]

Hog ring pliers:

http://datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?pn=226915&id=29369