Need help IDing old tool......

[Dan-MO]

I dug this up yesterday at a old farm house.They are solid brass with no markings and about 7 inches long.They open and close like pliers but are off set at the end and when closed the ends form a circle about the size of a dime.I'm stumped.Any ideas?

 

[Steve(Can)]

Looks as if they might have a similar function as these:

[attachment 72182 hosepliers.jpg]

from the link below:

>>>
Small Univeral Hose Pliers 1/4"-7/16" No Longer Available
TOL-SP98625
Removal of many hoses can be difficult when the hoses connection is in a confined area and stuck because of corrosion between hose and its fitting. These pliers have the ability to power rotate the hose to break it loose from its fitting. In the same motion, these pliers can be rotated 90 degrees to easily pull the hose from the fitting. The specially designed tips of these pliers grip large surface area of the hose to reduce damage and help remove the hose. <<


http://www.drivewerks.com/catalog/ShopCart/TOOL/POR_TOOL_CAT142_pg8.htm

 

[Dan-MO]

I think you may be right. I was thinking it might be some kind of gas line tool due to the non sparking brass construction.It sure sounded sweet at 8 inchs below the coil of my XLT! Thanks again.

 

[IndianaSmith]

Dan, I'm gonna show my age here......but before the screw-type hoseclamps became popular, they used a type of clamp that were a "one-time" clamp. The excess clamp material was "squeezed" and left a square formed at the top of the clamp. To remove the clamp, it had to be cut-off.

I don't know for sure this is what the tool in the 2nd pic was used for, but it's a possibillity. It also resembles the same tool used today to crimp the fittings on CATV.

Smitty

 

[John Nelson]

My guess, would be some kind of tool used in fencing, or for putting identification ring's on live stock, but like I say it's a guess.