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  1. #1
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    Sep 2007
    Moss, Tn.
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    Need Help IDing This

    I dug this a few days ago and just can't figure out what it may be. The shaft is brass, the handle and two little points on the end are steel. Their are no markings anywhere, (it may have been hand made) The brass shaft is one and three quarters inches long, the steel "T" handle is one inch. Has anyone ever seen anything like this or know what it is? Thanks in advance for your help and everyone have a great day.
    Richard
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    It's there,you just gotta look for it!

    May 2011
    Western Mass.
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    Re: Need Help IDing This

    Tn gizmo, A wrench. God Bles HH Chris

  3. #3
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    Mar 2007
    Northwest Missouri
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    Re: Need Help IDing This

    It looks like a tool for removing barrel screw in caps. Obviously this is very much smaller but I would guess it was for the same principle.

  4. #4
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    Sep 2007
    Moss, Tn.
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    Re: Need Help IDing This

    Thank You Worldtalker and Savant365, I knew someone on the forum would know what this is. I have been searching trying to find out what it was for. Closest I have found was a nipple wrench for removing the nipple from a black powder firearm, those have a slot at the end instead of the two prongs. Will call this one solved (and fast too) Thank you very much.
    Richard

  5. #5
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    Oct 2011
    Fort Wayne,In
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    Re: Need Help IDing This

    To me it looks like a type of what we call a "diversified" lock key. I work for a utility company and it is used for opening a specialize lock on pedestals our equipment are in. You know the cable box in your back yard. the ones we use have a ring around a center post on the end. Ours also have the same T handle. Cable or street departments can order s specific pattern for their area. Yours could be an early version. Early being the 70's maybe. Just my two cents and a guess. oh they are also called star locks now.
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    Feb 2006
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    Re: Need Help IDing This

    That tool's basic form is called a Spanner-Wrench, and it is definitely a "home-made" one. I'm having trouble imagining this one's specific purpose, because I've never seen one whose two prongs are only 1/4" apart. That's an estimate, based on your statement that the handle is 1-inch across, so the brass rod which holds the two prongs seems to be about 1/3-inch thick.

  7. #7

    Oct 2004
    N. San Diego area (Pic of my two best 'finds')
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    Re: Need Help IDing This

    I agree with the Spanner Wrench ID.
    I wonder if the prongs may not be part of the wrench; the bottom prong looks 'out of place'.
    Don...

  8. #8
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    Sep 2007
    Moss, Tn.
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    Re: Need Help IDing This

    Quote Originally Posted by TheCannonballGuy
    That tool's basic form is called a Spanner-Wrench, and it is definitely a "home-made" one. I'm having trouble imagining this one's specific purpose, because I've never seen one whose two prongs are only 1/4" apart. That's an estimate, based on your statement that the handle is 1-inch across, so the brass rod which holds the two prongs seems to be about 1/3-inch thick.
    You are right on the money on the prongs being 1/4" apart..the brass stock looks to be 3/8" Dia. using a tape measure to measure it

 

 

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