Tool Talk

What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: mmellies on September 08, 2013, 07:23:07 PM

Title: What kind of tool is this?
Post by: mmellies on September 08, 2013, 07:23:07 PM

what kind of tool is it?

Title: Re: What kind of tool is this?
Post by: oldgoaly on September 08, 2013, 07:36:03 PM

a slate roof nail puller?   Seen  This Old House use something like that on a slate roof.

Title: Re: What kind of tool is this?
Post by: HeelSpur on September 08, 2013, 07:42:41 PM

Saw a pic and it said it was for cedar shingles.

Title: Re: What kind of tool is this?
Post by: Lewill2 on September 08, 2013, 07:43:11 PM

Yep slate ripper, you slide the thin blade up under the slate and catch the nail with one of the hooks. Then pull or pound on the handle offset with a hammer to cut the nail off.

Title: Re: What kind of tool is this?
Post by: Billman49 on September 09, 2013, 02:44:31 AM

Called a slate rip in the UK, with copper nails it can be used without a hammer, with the momentum of sliding it under the slates - if sharpened it will cut off the heads of the nails. Most cut in either direction - push and pull. With galvanised steel nails it will require more force as it has to pull the nail out at 90^o to its axis. I see no reason why it should not be used with wooden shingles as well. In France they are called an 'arrache-clou or tire-clou d'ardoisier' and are generally a little shorter and much more aesthetically shaped...

Title: Re: What kind of tool is this?
Post by: Frank on September 17, 2013, 09:28:12 AM

AHA! I ran across one of these in a bin once and thought it was some kind of sword or something used in skinning/butchering.