Odd vintage Klein pliers used for ?

[NoahG]

This sits in a drawer at work, and no one has any idea what they're meant for. The date code indicates they were made in the first quarter of 1956

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[Richard Cranium]

My guess would be to remove c clips

 

[southalabama]

Dad retired from AT&T.

He has box full of Klein tools.

I'll see if he can identify. Back when ma bell was a monopoly they had specialty made tools. This may be one.

 

[brownsmustang]

It's for pulling cotter pins?

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[Dennis Leigh Henry]

My guess would be to remove c clips

I agree... ^^

 

[Richard Cranium]

I am glad that I am not alone on my guess.

 

[Ghost11]

Im thinking they were used in wiring electrical boxes. I use angled long nose pliers to loop the end of a wire to screw in to a switch or an outlet.

 

[NoahG]

Everyone I know says c clips but are those a common thing in electrical work?


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[cleason]

we dont use c-clips in electrical work, they may be a pair of needle nose that were modified.u bend ur wires with strippers.30+ years as a union electrician.

 

[Bogash]

I agree... ^^

I'd say old school C clip pliers, too. Would have to be better than the junky MAC ones I paid way too much for!

 

[boomer12831]

I think they were for installing and removing small round support clips that suspend lead cable to messenger cable, Ed

 

[cleason]

these are my electrical tools, less hack saw. battery bandsaws are the new norm on site.

 

[gungatim]

don't know if Klein made transmission pliers, but they look awfully similar to a pair of snap-on trans clip pliers I have from my ****** class in school...