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Offline northkid

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plier type tool
« on: December 31, 2012, 08:45:42 PM »
Found this plier of sorts. 6.5" long. Only writing on it is PATD across top jaw. Serrated jaw slightly curved. Was it used to stretch carpet/upholstery? Any ideas what it was designed for?
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Offline rusty

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Re: plier type tool
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2012, 08:49:45 PM »

Might help if we saw just a tiny bit more of it.....

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Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: plier type tool
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2012, 09:00:23 PM »
Sorry, thot I had all the pics attached. Will try again.
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Re: plier type tool
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2013, 05:52:43 AM »
I would go for upholstery webbing pliers - the webbing is gripped in the toothed jaw, and the bent section acts as a fulcrum, allowing the webbing to be tensioned with one hand whilst being tacked in place with the other...

Cobblers (shoemakers) use a similar version but with a much narrower jaw, often with a built in hammer head - the technique is similar, but once stretched over the last the leather is held in place by the hand, and then the pliers used as a hammer to tack it in place...
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Offline Branson

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Re: plier type tool
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2013, 08:15:42 AM »
Upholstery webbing pliers is what it looks like to me as well.  As Billman pointed out, cobbler's lasting pliers have a similar function, and canvass stretching pliers serve the same purpose in stretching canvas over frames for paintings.
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Offline superzstuff

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Re: plier type tool
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2013, 02:30:52 PM »
I think I have a pair of the pliers Billman49 is talking about. They are marked R. Timming & Sons England. I was wondering what they were for.
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Offline Branson

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Re: plier type tool
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2013, 02:50:19 PM »
Yep, "lasting pliers."  Osborne still makes these, and they come up from time to time on eBay.  I've got three antique examples.
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