CRESCENT B.F. CO N.Y. nippers

[Northwoods]

Picked up a pair of 8" nippers this am. Marked:
CRESCENT
B.F. CO N.Y.
Anyone have a guess as to the period?  What does the B.F. stand for?

[Lewill2]

There is a Bronx County and a Broome County in the state of New York. Bronx is in the Bronx and Broome is around Binghamton.

There is also a Franklin County that was named after Benjamin Franklin.

[Northwoods]

I just assumed that the CO stood for Company.  Crescent was located in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., in SW New York.

[mvwcnews]

If you have old MVWC Newsletters, on pg. 10 of the March 2000 newsletter there's a 1930 catalog illustration of the Crescent Rivet Extractor -- for belt splices made by the Crescent Belt Fastener Co. of New York City.  It is a nipper type tool.  "Length 8 inches. Weight 13 ounces."
( https://books.google.com/books?id=-SBHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1173&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0sQKq4oZJ-XrvJ3Uf9N-CKBoHPyg&ci=25%2C12%2C947%2C1285&edge=0 ) is a Crescent Belt Fastener Co. page from 1921 Sweets Catalog.  It shows the fasteners  but not the rivet extractor.

[Northwoods]

So, B.F. = belt fastener.  Should havè known!
Seriously, though, you people are fantastic!

[mvwcnews]

So, B.F. = belt fastener. ...

Hearkens back to the days of line shafts & flat drive belts in machine shops, etc.  Not farm equipment belts.  Rough & Tumble at Kinzers, PA has a machinist shop of old machine tools all run off an overhead line shaft.  All restored & in working order.

[mvwcnews]

"Northwoods" shared photos of the nippers; overall and closeup of the jaws.  1930 catalog listing for CRESCENT BELT FASTENER RIVET EXTRACTOR -- the rest of that catalog page shows the belt fasteners, the selection of special rivets, etc.