Posted 3 years ago
tdoss21
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My dad found this at an antique tool store many years ago. We've taken it to many blacksmiths and tool forgers but they have only had guesses. To the best we can tell, the imprint on the handle is PAT_(G or C)AN(I or T)_AR. The underlines are letters/numbers we can't make out. Does anyone know what this is and what it was used for?
Very interesting..now we all want to know.
Very interesting ,
one thing for sure
it isn’t something
I want to have used on me
This has the potential be interesting. I sure don't know.
Perhaps a veterinarian's equine mouth gag?
We thought at first it had something to do with horses. Not sure. The last blacksmith I spoke to said it might be some kind of dual pipe vice.
Yeah -- I fully agree with Dave, Vynil, & BB2 -- whatever this thing is has gotta be interesting, and I wanna know now too?!! <lol>
It looks like squeezing the main handles moves the inner jaws outwardly while the larger side lever moves the outer jaws inwardly -- what does the smaller side lever do? (lock something in place??)
Is it a dental thing?
ancient creepy medical device
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculum_(medical)#/media/File:5_Speculum,_14th_15th_and_16th_century._Wellcome_M0008374.jpg
that didn't seem to work so well
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/5_Speculum%2C_14th_15th_and_16th_century._Wellcome_M0008374.jpg/1280px-5_Speculum%2C_14th_15th_and_16th_century._Wellcome_M0008374.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculum_(medical)
veterinarian's tool for opening the birth-canal on a cow or horse ....hmmmmmm ?
For wire fence repairs? Pull the sections together and locks in place for mending?
Raven, if a dentist came at me with that thing, he is the one who will need dental work !
I'm going along with RightWing, assisting in the birthing of an animal.