Pry bar nail puller made in Japan

[Graysgarage]

Googled search the **** out of this… “SS” “STS”, searched a few threads of Japanese tool manufacturer logos.. yes I picked up a bunch more tools…. Pry bar nail puller.. is it a squirrel rat logo?

 

[RTM]

I'd go animal face before tail, with nose and whiskers.

 

[KnurledNut]

Possibly a cat logo seeing its a cats paw.

 

[Vise_Squad]

Typical small Japanese crowbar configuration, but that one probably goes back to the 50s or 60s. Now they are die stamped in one piece with the joint between the dies visible all around the edges. Probably a very good tool. We all know about Japanese swords to some extend, but worth remembering their Arisaka rifles of WWII tested out as one of the strongest service rifles ever built, mostly due to skillful heat treating, so they know what to do, if they choose to do it.

 

[Graysgarage]

Yea got a bunch of Japanese tools.. wife looking at me carrying in tool boxes filled with tools into the garage… wtf are those… I said garage jewelry..

 

[neophyte]

From looking over some obscure Japanese tool suppliers a while back,
it looked like there are still traditional Japanese blacksmith tool makers, that “hand forge” cat paw nail pullers.
The prices were several times or more what a similar nail puller would cost from one of the higher production Japanese tool brands, who make similar nail pullers.
I have no clue whether that nail puller would have been made by an individual blacksmith or small scale tool manufacturer, or a larger manufacturer.
Another issue is that Japanese tools that get sold in the USA are sometimes rebranded by a single Japanese tool brand or importer, that didn’t actual manufacture the particular item.
(On the plus side for this, these import brands generally don’t import really low quality items that exist for the Japanese home market)

 

[four.cycle]

cats have pointed ears

that ain't no cat

 

[Old tool guy]

Garage jewelry. Got to remember that.

 

[Graysgarage]

cats have pointed ears

that ain't no cat

Maybe it’s a Japanese cat

 

[Graysgarage]

Garage jewelry. Got to remember that.

From looking over some obscure Japanese tool suppliers a while back,
it looked like there are still traditional Japanese blacksmith tool makers, that “hand forge” cat paw nail pullers.
The prices were several times or more what a similar nail puller would cost from one of the higher production Japanese tool brands, who make similar nail pullers.
I have no clue whether that nail puller would have been made by an individual blacksmith or small scale tool manufacturer, or a larger manufacturer.
Another issue is that Japanese tools that get sold in the USA are sometimes rebranded by a single Japanese tool brand or importer, that didn’t actual manufacture the particular item.
(On the plus side for this, these import brands generally don’t import really low quality items that exist for the Japanese home market)

Yea been searching high and low found one that’s pretty close but the thickness and foot was off..

 

[RTM]

cats have pointed ears

The cats around here seem to have rounded ears.

Video was a few hundred yards uphill from here.

Neighbor had one at her sliding door two nights ago.

 

[Graysgarage]

That’s a big house cat!

The cats around here seem to have rounded ears.

Video was a few hundred yards uphill from here.

Neighbor had one at her sliding door two nights ago.

That’s a big house cat!!

 

[four.cycle]

nope. mouse or rat, both of which are "things" in both Japanese and Chinese culture:

 

[Graysgarage]

nope. mouse or rat, both of which are "things" in both Japanese and Chinese culture:

Yea I figured round ears, so is it SS or STS?

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

I would say it is STS based on this set of Japanese snips I plucked off a dollar table. The STS logo is missing the rat face though. Seem to be pretty well made. Ed.