What is it, what is it, what is it....

[JMLangford]

Help me out guys....what kind of pliers are these?
How are they used?
I got these pliers today at the Wednesday flea market for a quarter.
The guy I bought them from didn't know and neither do I....so...I said "I'll give you a quarter for them and take them home and paint them purple with green stripes and place it on my coffee table (do people still have those? ) for a conversation piece!"
Oh yeah, they are made of aluminum.

I know someone here knows "what is it, what is it, what is it!" Help...

 

[mikethestig]

Those are camping pliers. Used to lift lids on hot pots on the fire. The hook is used to lift the pot or Dutch oven by the wire handle

 

[wildbill23c]

I think Mike is right, that's exactly what i was thinking, its like cast iron cookware pliers. Very useful if you've ever tried picking up a cast iron lid without some oven mitts you'd know LOL.

 

[jake00]

That's exactly what they are.

 

[Cab037]

Definitely Dutch oven pliers

 

[JMLangford]

Cool.....Thanks for all the quick replies, now I need to find a dutch oven! (I still might paint them purple with green stripes )

 

[wildbill23c]

Cast iron cookware is IMO the best cookware out there, its heavy but it will still be around after you are gone. The key is to keep it properly seasoned.

 

[beatcad]

hmmm...
i've given my wife a "dutch oven" and never had a tool like that.

 

[David Jackson]

And all this time I thought they were for tightening the frammistans on muffler bearings!

 

[paulsomlo]

Cool.....Thanks for all the quick replies, now I need to find a dutch oven!

That'll be another 25 cents.