Strange pliers on eBay

[itstippy]

Strange to me, anyway. What's this used for?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PA...208809?hash=item440ddaa429:g:XAkAAOSwopRYfBDz

 

[jumbojak]

Those are nail clinchers used by farriers. I'd personally consider them to be tongs, not pliers but that may be purely semantic.

 

[itstippy]

Thank you.

Horses kick. I'll bet those things are as dangerous to use as angle grinders. Ain't gonna find out, though.