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Offline Bus

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Odd Kern Plier What's It????
« on: October 09, 2013, 10:52:32 PM »
going through a box of auction acquisitions from a couple years ago I found this odd tool. It's marked " KERN - USA - PAT - PEND"
on both handles. Pliers is 7" long and the attached bar is 11-1/4". Any ideas?


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Offline RWalters

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Re: Odd Kern Plier What's It????
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2013, 11:35:20 PM »
Interesting, if you Google Kern pliers, the only semi-relevant items that come up are a couple of surgical tools. If this thing has a medical purpose, I don't think I want to know about it.......
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Offline Aunt Phil

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Re: Odd Kern Plier What's It????
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2013, 12:10:10 AM »
Upscale nail puller.
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Re: Odd Kern Plier What's It????
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2013, 08:51:27 AM »
A crate tool? Pry it open , pull the nail?
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Re: Odd Kern Plier What's It????
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2013, 08:54:35 AM »
Kern Trap Pliers?
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Offline rusty

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Re: Odd Kern Plier What's It????
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2013, 09:26:55 PM »
Phil may be close, see patent  1633533
tho it is a different looking device, makes me go hmm...
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Offline john k

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Re: Odd Kern Plier What's It????
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2013, 08:11:56 PM »
With that much leverage looks to me like a binder, bander type of tool.  Especially with those special jaws, just made to crimp a keeper on a band.
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