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Wire stretcher identification

wewiserangers

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Can anyone help identify and date this wire stretcher?

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^ I do not, but I think more photos showing the entire unit and perhaps some details might help. Any forging marks/stampings on it anywhere? Patent date? Anything?
There were more than a few "wire stretchers" manufactured after the advent of wire fencing.
Not sure what the "Class" is at USPTO.

You can run a search in my list for "wire stretcher" or "fence stretcher" to find manufacturers' names, but I can't recall any off the top of my head that used that notched "ladder" design.

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wewiserangers

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^ I do not, but I think more photos showing the entire unit and perhaps some details might help. Any forging marks/stampings on it anywhere? Patent date? Anything?
There were more than a few "wire stretchers" manufactured after the advent of wire fencing.
Not sure what the "Class" is at USPTO.

You can run a search in my list for "wire stretcher" or "fence stretcher" to find manufacturers' names, but I can't recall any off the top of my head that used that notched "ladder" design.

Click my "signature line" for list:
Here are some of the part numbers.
 

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Mike'smeatshop

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^ I do not, but I think more photos showing the entire unit and perhaps some details might help. Any forging marks/stampings on it anywhere? Patent date? Anything?
There were more than a few "wire stretchers" manufactured after the advent of wire fencing.
Not sure what the "Class" is at USPTO.

You can run a search in my list for "wire stretcher" or "fence stretcher" to find manufacturers' names, but I can't recall any off the top of my head that used that notched "ladder" design.

Click my "signature line" for list:
Wow. You put a lot of time in this. Thank you.
 

four.cycle

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wewiserangers said:
Here are some of the part numbers.

Those are forging codes and aren't going to be much help, I don't think.
Short of a patent date or number, or a manufacturer's name on the unit itself, the only way to identify an object like that is by visual comparison of items found in older catalogs and trade journals, and it's difficult to say where to even start.
When you start digging through copies of "Iron Age" or "Prairie Farmer" is where you find stuff like that. If you turn over enough rocks, eventually you find a match.

Mike'smeatshop said:
Wow. You put a lot of time in this. Thank you.

Going on eight years now. You're welcome. Someone at some point will take it and do something with it - for the moment it's a work in progress.
 
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