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Offline Plyerman

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A.L. Barth pliers?
« on: January 22, 2018, 06:00:57 PM »
A kinda cool set of old pliers here. I got them from the fall MVWC auction last year. They have pointy tips, I think for wrapping wire??? And a hex nut opening between the handles. They also have steel wire-cutter inserts dovetailed into each jaw, which hopefully you can see in the second photo. The fit is perfect.

Each handle is stamped A.L. Barth, on both sides of the tool. (So four times altogether.) But who the heck was A.L. Barth?
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Online Bill Houghton

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Re: A.L. Barth pliers?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2018, 06:22:06 PM »
Quote from: Plyerman on January 22, 2018, 06:00:57 PM
Each handle is stamped A.L. Barth, on both sides of the tool. (So four times altogether.) But who the heck was A.L. Barth?
Someone who was proud of those pliers!

And rightly so; nifty design.
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Offline amecks

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Re: A.L. Barth pliers?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2018, 10:30:31 AM »
Possibly the hex shape was for crimping fittings.  Reminds me of coax crimpers.  I just looked up coax - it was invented in 1880!
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Re: A.L. Barth pliers?
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2018, 10:05:49 AM »
Electrical wire. Definately not for jewelery wire. Serrated jaws rule out that.

It's interesting because most round point pliers I've seen are jewelers pliers.

Chilly
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