What type of pliers are these?

[Poignard]

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[markju]

black pliers /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

A bit like fencing pliers

 

[srp]

I think they're for holding galvanised staples straight while you knock them in - the shape of the jaws look capable of holding a U-shape. The tangs on the end of the jaws are for extracting them. A refined version of the pair that Lakey shows, though without the hammer face.

 

[DavidTav]

My guess is that they are crimping pliers for use in jewellery making.

 

[highandry]

Stupid boy Pike! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[pampas]

simular, but have not seen one like that, seen used for wire rope serving .

 

[Poignard]

I bought them about 30 years ago at the closing-down sale of an engineers' merchant. He had a box of them, all new. He told me they were:

"Split-pin pliers".

 

[Poignard]

I like your answer, srp. Good logical thinking, but they would only be capable of holding a very small staple. Also what would the stepped part of the jaws be used for?

 

[trouville]

What have you used them for during all those years?

I would have cast a base on beach with very fine sand sprayed it with hair laquer and used it as art!

WHen will claptop makers agree on one standard keyboard! question mark are there?

 

[Moodyjim]

Pliers with what you can prise staples out of wood!

 

[Poignard]

You could certainly do that but what about the stepped jaws, and the two round pegs? What do you think they are for?

 

[Twister_Ken]

Dentist's wisdom tooth extractors.

For pulling the wisdom teeth out of dentists.

 

[Searush]

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WHen will claptop makers agree on one standard keyboard! question mark are there?

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When the French, Americans, Brits, Russians, Japanese etc etc agree an international keyboard layout! Different countries with the same alphabet can't agree on letter sequence so what chance of the "extras" being consistent? I used to have to use UK keyboards to type Cyrillic. It didn't half make it a slow job! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif