Mining and blasting pliers

[Plyerman]

Some more crimpers and fuse pliers:


Dupont No.2 Cap Crimpers. Note how similar the arrangement of this tool is to the Atlas No.2 and Crescent No.2 models pictured earlier.




Dupont No.4. This configuration made from heavy gauge steel stampings (and with numerous different company markings) seems to be the standard for military and civilian demolition work from approximately the 1950's through the 1990's.




Stamped ___AU__ CUTLERY Co AUSTRIA. Wish I knew what the missing letters were. Note the crimper jaws, and the "spike" on the plier handle.




Parker Steves Fuse Tool, Jordan N.Y.   Patent #464,088, from 1891. Not an easy one to come by.

[Lewill2]

Nice ones Plyerman I'm always interested in your posts of your interesting collection.

[skipskip]

maybe blasting but maybe not?

DSCF0006 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

DSCF0004 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

[toolmiser]

You folks may have answered a few questions about tools purpose that I own.  Sometimes I wonder if I have a chance of figuring them all out.  I do put a tag on them once I do know to make it easier for the next person.

[Plyerman]

That's a cool set of pliers Skip, regardless of what they were intended for. I can't figure out what the little pokers on the inside of the handles are all about though..?



Toolmiser, glad we could be of assistance, but you've got me curious. Can you post a picture of what you've got?

[Plyerman]

More pics for this thread:


No. 1 cap crimper from Hercules Powder Co. On the reverse side it is stamped Crescent Tool Company, Jamestown, New York




Miner's Safety Loading Tool. Uses "layered" construction and features a sliding knife blade. Three related patents found, culminating in #753,048 from February of 1904. (below)






The Koehler Company was best known as a producer of safety lamps for use in mines. They also made this nifty little pocket knife with a built-in crimper and cap spike. Says PATENT on one side, but I've not been successful in locating said patent.





This gizmo is what's called a Shot Key. In addition to the cap spike, it has special sockets on the head that fit mating receptacles on the blasting machine, a turn of which then fires the charge.

[turnnut]

 this has been a very informative subject that I knew nothing about.

" a blast from the past"

[mikeswrenches]

this has been a very informative subject that I knew nothing about.

" a blast from the past"

For me too! And try as I might, I have not found the first pair.
Plyerman must have them all.

Mike

[Nasutushenri]

More pictures, from the other side of the ocean: A blasting cap crimper made for the Dutch Army (KL) by the mysterious German firm CANDIDIUS. The end of one of the handles is pointed, the other is a screwdriver.

Henri

[Plyerman]

More pictures, from the other side of the ocean: A blasting cap crimper made for the Dutch Army (KL) by the mysterious German firm CANDIDIUS. The end of one of the handles is pointed, the other is a screwdriver.

Henri

That is an interesting one Henri. I have never heard of Candidius before. Hmmm.

Any idea how old it is? That style of "beveled" crimper jaws did not become common here in the U.S. until well after World War II, as far as I know.

[Yadda]

Here's an interesting article on mining pliers.

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/217876-cap-crimpers-pliers-how-to-tell-its-a-ww2-model/

[Nasutushenri]

I think the Candidius cap crimper dates from the sixties. I bought this tool more than thirty years ago on the Amsterdam fleamarket. There is no information about Candidius on the internet. I also have a combination pliers marked Candidius KL. KL means Koninklijke Landmacht = Dutch Army.

Henri

[DM11]

Bob this thread is a blast! Never ceases to amaze me all the cool tools you find!

[Plyerman]

Bob this thread is a blast! Never ceases to amaze me all the cool tools you find!

Thanks for the "punny" compliment David!

[Plyerman]

More:

Gold Medal No.2 cap crimper. Identical to the DuPont version pictured earlier, just different logo.




The Metallic Cap Mfg. Works also referred to their crimper as the "Gold Medal." I believe they were absorbed by DuPont at some point, hence the overlap.




CXL = Canadian Explosives Limited. Non-sparking brass frame, with steel hardware. Design clearly based on the Prince patent #1,431,421 but built heavier and stronger than the Prince tools.




From France, a CHEDDITE crimper-knife. Cheddite was apparently a French explosives manufacturer.