...spring hose clamp...

Or, as I was raised to call them, Corbin clamps, after, I guess, the first or major maker of the style.

I always thought they were for smoothing stone.  Alvin Sellens Dictionary of American Hand Tools says " for breaking stone and removing projections to flatten a stone.  There is another variety that has stacked blades.  It can be taken apart and the blades sharpened.

good idea,but no cigar

I like the pliers.  It looks like someone made them into spring hose clamp pliers.  Unless they were made that way.
Al

Hi folks.  Haven't posted in a while but have been checking in.  Last September I managed to break my leg.  Tibia cracked but not displaced - in 4 places.  I am back to work but still sore.
The guys had their first Barn Sale this year.  Pick of the day: 16" long Irwin 'perfect handle' screwdriver - two bucks!
The drivers are cleaned up, but the brake tools will be a bit more time consuming to 'restore".



The red driver is 1/4" but brand not readable.  When I go to the barn sale I always try to find some kind of wire brush - then I use it to clean rusty tools to see the brand name or other marks.  This wire brush is a "Speedy".



K-D No. 2774, Indestro No. 342, in the separate ray is a ratty worn knife made by Ontario Knife Co.  Brake spring tool marked only No. 88,  The two levers are marked Taiwan and Japan.   Crestoloy pliers. 
I'll see what I can do with the metal box, without wasting too much time on it.
Al
Jordan, NY