Crimper,nipper, saw set ?????

[gibsontool]

Picked this up a while back but have no idea what it might be, No markings at all that I can see. Any one recognize it?

[Lewill2]

I don't think it is a nut cracker so it must be a saw set.

[Aunt Phil]

I'll guarantee it ain't a nutcracker or a saw set and raise you it ain't for leatherworking either.
Tinknocker tool - but I can't recall exactly what it does.

[john k]

Could it be used to corrugate stove pipe?  To slip the sections together?  Not seen anything quite like it.

[mvwcnews]

Does it cut tin?  If so perhaps forms the "tabs" you need to attach a round sheet metal pipe  into flat sheet metal.

[john k]

Gaah,  I feel so dumb, this is a notching tool alright, for notching ears on cattle, as a means of identification vs. branding.   Also used on hogs.  The newer ones are chrome plated.  The one jaw is longer so to slide down the ear for the depth of notch cut out. 

[gibsontool]

Never would have thought that,now I gotta go see a buddy who runs a few head of cows and try it out. Thanks John.

[gibsontool]

Just thinking about it makes my ears hurt.

[Bill Houghton]

It did look wrong for tin work.

I'd rather be notching or crimping sheet metal any day over notching cattle or hog ears.  The sheet metal doesn't get ticked off and try to kick you.

[Northwoods]

I was thinking it was an ear notcher, as well.  Ours was V shaped, and that made me uncertain.

[gibsontool]

Talked to my rancher buddy yesterday and told him about the notcher, he told me he has 54 cows on 6200 acres and if we used those he didn't think we'd ever see that cow again. Maybe I'll try it on some tin to see what the results are.

[Northwoods]

Wow!  Your buddy needs either more cows or better pasture!

[gibsontool]

Tried these out on several different materials. Worked well on sandpaper, canvas,stiff plastic, soup cans, thin gauge roofing tin and thin rigid cardboard. didn't work very well on beer or soda cans ( too thin ). I cleaned them up and did find some script that I think reads "Walter Wilkinson Sheffield England "

[gibsontool]

Forgot to add a little info I found on Line. Walter Wilkinson is listed as having been a manufacturer of shears and scissors from  1825 until 1911. Found a little info that suggests the company may have made handsaws.
 Northwoods, my buddy just bought the ranch about 6 years ago and is in the process of building up the heard. He has 3 quarters deeded and the rest is an agricultural lease that was pine and spruce forest with several natural good sized meadows. We have had a massive expansion of a pine beetle which has killed about 70 to 80 % of our pine trees in British Columbia, Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. this has apparently allowed some ranchers to acquire bigger areas for grazing leases. This explosion of bugs is being blamed on global warming by the people who claim to know and I think they may be right. Up until about the lat 80's we always had snow on the ground that stayed before the end of October, and we always had at least a couple of weeks of 40 below. I haven't seen 40 below for a least 15 years and I can't say I miss it, but, this cold snap killed of a big percentage of the bugs every winter and kept them to a stage that didn't effect our forest industry. The last 10 to 15 years has seen a massive reduction in our forest industry.

[Chillylulu]

That looks like a cutter for sheet solder.

Silversmiths make solder by melting different metals together to get to a lower melting point. Then the metal is firmed into sheet or wire.

Sheet solder is often cut into "pallions" (small pieces) and used for silver-soldering, which us actually brazing.

Many just cut sheet into strips, leaving the strips connected at one end, then cut off the pallions. Others use solder cutters. They cut a small (maybe 1/8" square) pallion off of the sheet.

I bought a pair new probably 10 years ago. I use it sometimes, but it is kind of a single purpose tool that is only needed when you want to use the same solder amount for multiples of the same thing. Small scissors work well enough,  like fingernail scissors.

Chilly