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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: skipskip on November 12, 2014, 08:33:10 PM

Title: Adolf Volker nippers, history?
Post by: skipskip on November 12, 2014, 08:33:10 PM

I bought a box of nippers and these were included.

The only info I can find about Herr Volker is that someone with that name made some pretty snazzy blades for the WWII war effort.

are these connected to him? or just a name coincidence?

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/15592332210_965b568e2d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pKQM8Y)ANOV 179 (https://flic.kr/p/pKQM8Y) by skipskip (https://www.flickr.com/people/47985875@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7524/15777136665_cc4c76639f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/q3aX4F)ANOV 181 (https://flic.kr/p/q3aX4F) by skipskip (https://www.flickr.com/people/47985875@N00/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Adolf Volker nippers, history?
Post by: Billman49 on November 13, 2014, 04:51:37 AM

Not in Wolfgang Jordans list of German makers: http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/marken.phtml

Maybe a US maker, or even an owner's stamp....

Update: there was a German cutler, Adolf Volker, at Schmalkaden, Thüringen (their SA daggers from WW2 are very collectable) - maybe like the Sheffield cutlers in the UK, they also made tools as well as fulfilling government contracts...

see: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=110154

their mark was a railway locomotive (your trade mark looks similar)...

see also: http://www.dg.de/de/hersteller/Voelker-Adolf-Schmalkalden

Title: Re: Adolf Volker nippers, history?
Post by: lmpeter@aol.com on November 18, 2014, 06:00:11 AM

Dad had 2 pairs of these growing up a wide and a narrow set, think he said they were used to pull nails when changing horseshoes
Larry

Title: Re: Adolf Volker nippers, history?
Post by: Billman49 on November 19, 2014, 03:00:59 AM

These appear to be just ordinary carpenter's nail pincers - farrier's tend to be longer in the handle..