What were these used for??? (NON DUG )

[tokenhead]

Hello everybody,
I found these wooden scissors in a run down shack while MD'ing & bottle hunting.I have had them around 3yrs.and always wondered what the may have been used for..electrical?,ANY HELP will be greatly appreciated...HH ALL !!!
SIZE APPROX:12IN. Long,Appears to be ealy rivet to hold together...

 

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[taz42o]

Salad tongs maybe?

 

[arnofarrell]

Something for wire fences?

 

[Paleopilot]

Fuse pullers, for pulling cylindrical fuses from a live fuse-box.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Caveman salad tongs? Im going with Paleopilot although I have never seen one like it..

 

[arnofarrell]

Paleo- Looking at it again I can see it could be used for fuses. good call.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Wood pliers to lift a bottle by the neck?? OLD WOODEN "PLIERS"

 

[Paleopilot]

Any markings of any kind on it? Might want to clean it up and have closer look. Very cool find!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I would have to say they look more like tongs than pliers. A search of antique wood tongs produces some possibilities but I dont have a lot of time today.

Here is one that claims to be for dying wool. Excellent Antique Primitive Wooden Wool Tongs Best Form Huge Size | eBay

 

[taz42o]

Caveman salad tongs? Im going with Paleopilot although I have never seen one like it..

Yes and Ive been accused of being cave man-ish before. If you search wooden pliers the first and best match you see are salad tongs. I dont see those small v shaped teeth used on a round fuse.

 

[Silver Searcher]

I wonder if they could be a Tenplate, for making the real Tongs/Scissors ...Cool.

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[tokenhead]

Fuse pullers, for pulling cylindrical fuses from a live fuse-box.

THATS IT!!! Gotta get it solved...Thank you! HH ALL!!!

 

[Paleopilot]

THATS IT!!! Gotta get it solved...Thank you! HH ALL!!!

Although they are very similar to early fuse pullers, the possibility that they were for something else still exists. They could have been used to dislodge "swallowed" fishhooks, or even something used around a spinning wheel. Don't mark it solved yet. Too many possibilities out there still.

 

[nhbenz]

I see a fair number of laundry tongs, not that this would explain to us "why the notched jaw?"
I'd somewhat wondered that if these were made by the user, as looks at least possible, maybe woodworking was his thing and they were used for keeping his fingers away from the blade. This is probably entirely wrong, but stemmed from my first thought that the notched jaw looks similar to the notched block of wood used in woodworking to push a board past a blade on a table saw... Their not beefy enough for that, but maybe detail work on a band saw.
Even as I type I myself doubt it, but at least I'm done rambling now... Whew!
Oh, except to say that all of the above guesses seem possible as well.

 

[Archeodeb]

I see a fair number of laundry tongs, not that this would explain to us "why the notched jaw?"
I'd somewhat wondered that if these were made by the user, as looks at least possible, maybe woodworking was his thing and they were used for keeping his fingers away from the blade. This is probably entirely wrong, but stemmed from my first thought that the notched jaw looks similar to the notched block of wood used in woodworking to push a board past a blade on a table saw... Their not beefy enough for that, but maybe detail work on a band saw.
Even as I type I myself doubt it, but at least I'm done rambling now... Whew!
Oh, except to say that all of the above guesses seem possible as well.

I am inclined to agree with the laundry tongs or an electrical use. Laundry tongs because 1. soapy laundry is slippery, and 2. dye-baths react badly to some metals (hence the need for either a. notches, or b. wood), but electrical use -- like for holding a live wire on an electric fence while repairing or repositioning it -- would also make sense because the wood would not conduct as easily. The notches would grip it very well. I don't think they are a template/pattern because they would not be assembled if that was the case.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yes and Ive been accused of being cave man-ish before. If you search wooden pliers the first and best match you see are salad tongs. I dont see those small v shaped teeth used on a round fuse.

Yes they do look like salad tongs but I just cant imagine a frontier family using this crude device to toss their salad. A little crude but I guess a real possibility.
Are you thinking more modern salad tongs? I was assuming it was old.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

What was the age of the bottles found? Are the teeth broken on one side? Is that remains of black paint?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Heres some pretty good matches but it doesnt say anything. Wooden tongs Images and Stock Photos. 206 wooden tongs photography and royalty free pictures available to download from over 100 stock photo companies.

 

[flinthunter]

Maybe for lifting fruit/canning jars out of boiling water.

 

[nhbenz]

That's pretty good too!