Sargent Whatzit

[Kirbot]

This came in a box lot from an auction a few weeks ago.
I've been meaning to post it.
Any idea what its for?

It looks like some kind of wire cutter, but I've never seen anything like it before.

 

[t100]

looks like cable cutters.

 

[briggsguy17]

Looks like double wire cutters? http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...E-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&ndsp=20&tbs=isch:1

 

[Kirbot]

Thats them alright!

I wonder what the purpose of two cutters is.

 

[fordmw]

Sargent made pet stuff. Wonder if they could be nail cutters for a dog?

 

[larry_g]

http://www.rostratool.com/historical.asp

The above link will lead you to a historical pliers pictorial. There is one near the bottom of the pictorial that looks likely and it is a chain tool. Maybe?

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Kirbot]

Thanks for the link.
That does look a lot like it.

Whats a chain tool?

 

[Tim Cowan]

I'm not sure, but I want to throw in a guess. Anybody that installed seat covers in an upostery shop recognize these pliers as the horseshoe wire crimper used to fasten down seat covers. Easterwood or J.C. Whitney may have them cataloged.

 

[Tink]

Not sure what the reason for the two cutters is, but my father worked in the newspaper delivery industry. They used those to cut open the bundles that were wire tied from the printer.

 

[Farma11]

I'm not sure, but I want to throw in a guess. Anybody that installed seat covers in an upostery shop recognize these pliers as the horseshoe wire crimper used to fasten down seat covers. Easterwood or J.C. Whitney may have them cataloged.

Those are hog nose ring pliers. They have a notch that hold the ring. These seem to be a cutter.

 

[CRTDI]

Not sure what the reason for the two cutters is, but my father worked in the newspaper delivery industry. They used those to cut open the bundles that were wire tied from the printer.

Tink is correct about their usage function. When I was a kid growing up in the 70's I had a couple of newspaper routes. The newspapers were bundled together with a single wrap of a stiff thick wire similar to bailing wire and the cutters were used to cut through it. I still have a couple pairs of these. I have never used them since my paper route days.

Only one cutter side was used at a time, but you could quickly take them out of their leather pouch without regard to the cutter orientation.

 

[mrholeshot]

For cutting Pallet strap