Guessing Fencing Tool

[Mike H]

I built a tool tray for snips, aviation snips, etc. to separate them from the pliers and make stuff easier to find. Of course, the new tray looked a little puny in terms of content. So I went through boxes
stored under bench and found these. Looks like Grandpa did a weld job on them.
Overall Length = 10-1/4"
Marked  VAUGHAN & BUSHNELL MFG. CO.
What is the primary intended use of this tool?
If it was fencing there is a lot of times a hammer head incorporated into design.

[p_toad]

possible, with the wire cutter and puller at the end.   other possibility is a farrier plier.

[oldgoaly]

I was thinking upholster or shoe cobbler, small tacks used in both crafts.

[Ken W.]

It looks  like a nail puller to me.

[Mike H]

http://www.vaughanmfg.com/pages/history-of-vaughan

The modern day version of the company has pry bars and
hammers in Home Depot. Company started by an 18 year old blacksmith.

[mvwcnews]

In the day those were described as carpenters pincers.  Handle ends have a nail claw & a screwdriver.  They work pretty well for pulling "cut" nails, not so well for wire nails.  Farrier's nippers do not need screwdriver or nail claw on the end of the handles.

[Mike H]

The next time in shop after reading post by mvwcnews post
I found a need to pull some brad nails which my Porter Cable
brad nailer had shot in
The V&B tool worked great on them
Don't know how well they would pull cut nails;
have tried a couple Google and eBay searches and
haven't come up with a picture that is a match between my tool
(with "screwdriver or pry" and claw/puller
on ends of handles) but for now I'm going with
carpenter's pincers instead of fencing tool.
Thanks mvwcnews

[lptools]

Hello, Here is a photo from a 1911 Sargent Catalog. Regards, Lou

[mvwcnews]

One more aside about carpenter pincers ( http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=33079&typeCode=2 ) - Design patent for carpenter pincers with hammer poll on one jaw - produced by H.D. Smith & Co (before "Perfect Handle").

[lptools]

I would love to find one of those!!!! Regards, Lou