carl48

i found this in some tools i bought, does anyone know what it is used for

sherod

I have used something very similar, but larger, to pull roof metal up onto a building. A rope goes through the loop and is tied at the handle with the hole. When you pull on the rope, it clamps the jaws. The harder you pull, the tighter it clamps.

SIXSLUG

Mechanical pencil is the lower one.....

Nice call sherod, I agree!!

Shovelhead

Looks like a notch in the opposite handle for the loop to lock into.
Looks like it could be used to stretch material over a frame. Maybe leather, or canvas?

carl48

shovelhead i think you are correct, it was in with horse shoeing and leather tools

sherod

One heck of a mean twitch!

Danavilla

horseshoe nail crimper.

Dieselbuilder

Wire stretcher for fencing

Scotty

Lary's new body piercing tool.

Justwannabeme

as a metal worker, my two cents:

old crimper for tin roof channel or furnance plenums, stove pipe. locks two pieces together with the edges ribbed. the angle on the one blade makes the opposing rib 'catch'.

cougar

That was my first thought as well, but I've been wrong before.

Hvytrkmech

Saddle-mans tool for working leather. Sheet metal crimps are similar but not serrated.

Justwannabeme

bingo. saw one at a yard sale, yes- lot of leather tools.

give that man a chicken dinner........