What is this type called?

[Flatland Dave]

Here is another auction find.  Not much info on it.  I can make out a V&    then below it RN  maybe. 
WP_20140610_002 (1) by 57348, on Flickr

WP_20140610_003 (1) by 57348, on Flickr

[Lostmind]

Not sure , looks like a pipe wrench/pliers.

[mvwcnews]

Probably V&B  -- Vaughan & Bushnell .  They made swinging hook jaw pipe wrenches of this type.
According to a 1911 hardware catalog listing reprinted in the Dec. 1984 MVWC Newsletter, they had 10", 14", 18" & 24" sizes available.
Design Patent D29,767 ( http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=29767&typeCode=2 )  was issued for the V&B pipe wrench design in 1898.

[Papaw]

Stan is correct.
Also called One-Handers, they are self-adjusting pipe wrenches.

[bonneyman]

I like it!

[Flatland Dave]

You guys are a wealth of knowledge, I thank you.