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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: Stoney on December 02, 2011, 06:40:58 PM

Title: Gas Pliers
Post by: Stoney on December 02, 2011, 06:40:58 PM

Can anyone ID these gas pliers.  They are not marked.
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Title: Re: Gas Pliers
Post by: Branson on December 02, 2011, 06:47:36 PM

Are they really gas pliers, is my thought.  Notice they also have the Button patent wire cutter slot.

I'm not arguing the ID, just wondering since they look so different -- strongly off-set, very thin cross section.
Hmph.  Wish I'd found them, whatever they are.

Title: Re: Gas Pliers
Post by: Stoney on December 02, 2011, 09:00:17 PM

Branson, I thought gas pliers from the small and large, for want of a better word, openings.  I was puzzled by the wire cutter and thinnest of the head/handles.  They belong to a friend and I've drooled over them since I first saw them.

Title: Re: Gas Pliers
Post by: jimwrench on December 02, 2011, 09:39:09 PM

 Probably won't help but heres a similar pair without the offset. They are German and marked (H&R). Screwdriver blade on one handle and do have the wire cutter slot and super thin cross section on working end. They have an additional mark stamped in handle but I'm not familiar with it. Just thought they were similar except fot the offset.

Title: Re: Gas Pliers
Post by: Stoney on December 04, 2011, 02:59:24 PM

Here are better shots of the pliers.

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(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr40/plantshepherdplus/Tool%20Talk%20Mills/DSC_0024.jpg)

Title: Re: Gas Pliers
Post by: rusty on December 04, 2011, 04:12:40 PM

Bicycle cone pliers also came with wire cutters and screwdriver ended handles...

This is from a 1916 catalog, maker not stated..

Title: Re: Gas Pliers
Post by: Stoney on December 04, 2011, 06:09:24 PM

I think you might have hit a home run Rusty.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Gas Pliers
Post by: Bus on December 08, 2011, 10:19:57 AM

Here's a picture of another variation from my collection. It has a screwdriver on the end of one handle and a wrench on the other. 8" long it is marked "D. R. G. M."  "15055" "Germany" with what looks like "H & M" in a diamond. D. R. G. M. is a German abbreviation that translates to German government registered design.

(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd3/buswrench/message-board/offset-german-pliers.jpg)

Title: Re: Gas Pliers
Post by: bigdaddie47 on December 17, 2011, 12:25:51 PM

Guess I am warped. My first thought was electricians pliers.  Wire cut slot and pliers for wire nuts. Maybe I have been repurposing tools too long. LOL

Title: Re: Gas Pliers
Post by: Stoney on December 29, 2011, 04:51:48 PM

Early this month I posted a what'i't that I thought was a pair of gas pliers .  Turned out to be a pair of cone pliers.  I found another pair and this time they are marked but with straight handles.

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