Bernard pliers how many are there? whats this one for?

[skipskip]

Today, I got a few toys, including this pair of Bernard pliers

what are they for?


anyone have a complete list of all they made?


JAN 176 by skipskip, on Flickr

[bird]

Wow, I haven't seen that particular Bernard tool before. That doesn't mean much. A lot of members will have a better answer. I'm curious, though.
cheers,
bird.

[Billman49]

In the UK this type of pliers is made by MAUN - see their catalogue: http://www.maun-industries.co.uk/ as well as the standard catalogue items they made thousands of types of special pliers...

[wvtools]

There were many patterns of parallel jaw pliers made by Schollhorn, Sargent, and Maun (as mentioned above), including special request versions.  There was also a larger aftermarket market where companies would modifiy/exchange the regular jaws for specialty jaws.  As mentioned above, there are probably thousands of them.  Every year, I get or see a new one.  I do not think even the serious collectors have any idea how many there are.

You will see the same aftermarket changes to Starrett end nipper jaws.  I had several one time that were just for bending the key rods on typewriters.

[jimwrench]

 Rostra Tools ended up with this company after Barnard,Schollhorn and Sargent. The No 100 was just a flat nose plier. These have obviously been reworked either at factory or by aftermarketer. Would guess as aftermarket as foctory would probably assign new model nimber. I have seven pages of different tools by these companies but don,t recall where they were downloaded from. Your adaptation is not shown. Would suggest Rostra Tool page as resource.

[ron darner]

New one to me, also.  I've got at lest 20 pairs of parallel-jaw pliers, some with very specialized jaws, but nothing close to this.  I wonder if they were used to first grip, and then to pull or tension something by using the handles as a lever, pivoting on the rounded "heel" of the side piece?  Plating suggests factory-built, to me.  Even today, you can request pliers with screws (so jaws are removable), and buy unplated, unhardened jaws - or at least you could about 2-1/2 years ago, the last time that I did so.  I machined a pair of very specialized jaws from aluminum, figuring that once they were proven to work, we'd get several sets made up by some shop with CNC equipment, in steel, and then get them heat-treated and plated to suit.  They DID work, but I've retired and don't know what has happened since.