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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: Plyerman on February 23, 2015, 09:28:53 PM

Title: W.D. Brackett ??
Post by: Plyerman on February 23, 2015, 09:28:53 PM

Anybody know what these little pliers are for? They are relatively light-duty, made from cast steel or iron. The only thing I could find on the googlenet was reference to a W.D. Brackett boot and shoe company in Massachusetts in the late 1800's.

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Title: Re: W.D. Brackett ??
Post by: wvtools on February 23, 2015, 09:49:10 PM

It looks like another set of pot lifter pliers to me.

Title: Re: W.D. Brackett ??
Post by: turnnut on February 23, 2015, 09:54:54 PM

I would think that it is for pulling the leather when making shoes.

not sure, but I think they were called shoe last pliers.  "lasting pincers"

W.D.Brackett was a shoe mfg'r in Brockton, Mass.  around 1906

Title: Re: W.D. Brackett ??
Post by: Lewill2 on February 24, 2015, 06:38:28 AM

I agree with Turnnut I think they are a cobbler's tool.

Title: Re: W.D. Brackett ??
Post by: wvtools on February 24, 2015, 07:20:54 AM

There was a William D. Brackett from Minneapolis, MN who invented an electric igniter for gas stoves in 1908.

Title: Re: W.D. Brackett ??
Post by: Bill Houghton on February 24, 2015, 10:21:52 AM

If they are lasting pliers - you make the shoe last (mold), and sew the uppers.  You then have to pull the upper down over the last for a tight fit.  These look like they would serve that purpose.

Title: Re: W.D. Brackett ??
Post by: Plyerman on February 24, 2015, 06:11:41 PM

Thank you gentlemen. I will refer to them as lasting pliers until someone comes along and tells me otherwise.