Unknown pliery type tool

[Plyerman]

Any ideas? I'm thinking possibly chain pliers, but that's just a wild guess.

[skipskip]

they feel medical/veterinary at all?

Skip

[Plyerman]

they feel medical/veterinary at all?

Skip

Hmmm, not really. The end of one handle is formed into a screwdriver tip.

[wvtools]

I find it odd that you listed this tool the same day that I cleaned one getting ready for a tractor show.  I have never seen one before, and now that makes 2 in one day.  I will have to look at mine more closely tomorrow, and see if I can come up with a guess.

[lptools]

Battery post? With crimper?

[markhm]

I go with chain pliers.
Completely different than current ones.

The tips appear to be designed to open and spread chain.
The internal notches seem to be to close links of chain.

[Yadda]

I go with chain pliers.
Completely different than current ones.

The tips appear to be designed to open and spread chain.
The internal notches seem to be to close links of chain.

+1

Another nice find!

[papadan]

I'm leaning to Lou, definite crimper and the end spreader.

[Plyerman]

I find it odd that you listed this tool the same day that I cleaned one getting ready for a tractor show.  I have never seen one before, and now that makes 2 in one day.  I will have to look at mine more closely tomorrow, and see if I can come up with a guess.

Are there any markings on yours wv? Mine are only stamped PAT. PEND'G on both faces.

[wvtools]

I will have to check this weekend.  My loaner work Jeep broke down 2 hours from home.  I am lucky I did not wreck. I think a wheel bearing went bad and it started wobbling, breaking off 2 of the 5 wheel studs.   My regular work Jeep was already in the shop getting transmission work.

[wvtools]

Mine say they same thing on them -- Pat. Pend. on both sides of the pliers.

[Plyerman]

Wow, sounds like you had an exciting day. I had a wheel bearing "incident" myself a few years ago. The damn things never seem to go bad in the driveway at home, unfortunately.

Anyhow, thanks for checking on the plier tool. I'm still leaning towards it being a chain tool, just because it seems to duplicate the functions of other "known" chain pliers, like this one:

from Datamp

[wvtools]

Once I looked at those spreaders on the end of it, I decided you were right about it being a chain tool.  They look more convincing in person than on a photo.

[amecks]

I tried using Bing's "Search Images" feature.  It returned a couple hundred similar images of which about 50 are other tools that we can't figure out what they're for.   

When you guys were saying chain tool, I was thinking of roller chain and it didn't seem to fit.  But now looking at Plyermans post with the link chain pliers, I am on board with chain tool.  I need to look in my pliers box and see if there's chain pliers in there.

[crankshaftdan II]

Pliers marked with the Weed name were mfg. for tire chains-don't know if chains were on auto tires that early??