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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: oldgoaly on September 29, 2013, 07:44:00 PM

Title: special pliers?
Post by: oldgoaly on September 29, 2013, 07:44:00 PM

 marked Sharp & Sinth  Chicago  a dental tool?

Title: Re: special pliers?
Post by: rusty on September 29, 2013, 08:08:13 PM

I suspect it says Sharp & Smith, look closely.

Smith was The H.D.Smith fellow we all know and love, the endeaver with Perine Sharp was for making surgical tools. (1876-?)

Sharp was in business before then, but had a little incident with a large fire...

Title: Re: special pliers?
Post by: oldgoaly on September 29, 2013, 08:15:26 PM

I looked at with my magnifying lamp, I enlarged and crop the name.

Title: Re: special pliers?
Post by: Papaw on September 29, 2013, 08:25:08 PM

Small pincers.

Title: Re: special pliers?
Post by: oldgoaly on September 29, 2013, 08:38:34 PM

doooaaah just remembered that I didn't put a ruler next to it... dang it I hate when that happens. it is about 12" long.

Title: Re: special pliers?
Post by: RWalters on September 29, 2013, 08:49:48 PM

First, let me say I wouldn't let my dentist any where near me if he was holding those. They may be a medical/dental/veterinary implement as there was a Sharp & Smith company at 100 Randolph Street in Chicago that made surgical instruments in the 1800s. So far, nothing on Sharp & Sinth.

Title: Re: special pliers?
Post by: rusty on September 29, 2013, 09:13:06 PM

The catalog shows a tool with a similar jaw shape and configuration, identified as bone cutting forceps...(ouch!)