I built a tool tray for snips, aviation snips, etc. to separate them from the pliers and make stuff easier to find. Of course, the new tray looked a little puny in terms of content. So I went through boxes
stored under bench and found these. Looks like Grandpa did a weld job on them.
Overall Length = 10-1/4"
Marked  VAUGHAN & BUSHNELL MFG. CO.
What is the primary intended use of this tool?
If it was fencing there is a lot of times a hammer head incorporated into design.

possible, with the wire cutter and puller at the end.   other possibility is a farrier plier.

I was thinking upholster or shoe cobbler, small tacks used in both crafts.

It looks  like a nail puller to me.

http://www.vaughanmfg.com/pages/history-of-vaughan

The modern day version of the company has pry bars and
hammers in Home Depot. Company started by an 18 year old blacksmith.

In the day those were described as carpenters pincers.  Handle ends have a nail claw & a screwdriver.  They work pretty well for pulling "cut" nails, not so well for wire nails.  Farrier's nippers do not need screwdriver or nail claw on the end of the handles.

The next time in shop after reading post by mvwcnews post
I found a need to pull some brad nails which my Porter Cable
brad nailer had shot in
The V&B tool worked great on them
Don't know how well they would pull cut nails;
have tried a couple Google and eBay searches and
haven't come up with a picture that is a match between my tool
(with "screwdriver or pry" and claw/puller
on ends of handles) but for now I'm going with
carpenter's pincers instead of fencing tool.
Thanks mvwcnews

Hello, Here is a photo from a 1911 Sargent Catalog. Regards, Lou

One more aside about carpenter pincers ( http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=33079&typeCode=2 ) - Design patent for carpenter pincers with hammer poll on one jaw - produced by H.D. Smith & Co (before "Perfect Handle").

I would love to find one of those!!!! Regards, Lou