Fence Tool?

[Badknuckles]

Is this a fence wire gripping tool?

[Northwoods]

Looks to be a gripping tool.  But what do you do with it, once you have it?  Seems too small to have leverage on its own.  I suppose a link attaches to the main handle and fits a fence stretcher?

[Badknuckles]

Never having strung a fence I can only imagine the process. Evidently you attach a come-along between that hole in the handle and some anchor point. I would suppose a fairly small fence wire  from the size. I don't quite see why there are 2 grips. I suppose you would tie the loose end of the wire to something then release the come-along and then the thing then repeat it all. 

[geneg]

Possibly a clothesline tightener.  Not really heavy enough to stretch fence.

[Twertsy]

I agree, that's not big enough to manage fence wire.

[Northwoods]

Or a vineyard?

[Davetoombs]

Hello

Can't help with exact identification but I also can't resist the need to muse on how it may have been used. Once the gate is closed on the rope/wire and a load is put on it, it looks like a pull back on the solid handle (lever) would cam the gate more or less open and allow the line to be released while under load. The bottom looks like a fulcrum for the handle lever, to make it easier to pull all the way back. This fulcrum also suggests that this tool was employed along a solid surface, like a wall or boom, etc. A test of this would be interesting.

Dave

 

[turnnut]

 or a wooden fence post to pull the wire taut, then re staple the wire to take up slack ????

[Davetoombs]

I think we have it!