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TOOLS AND THE SHOP => CARPENTRY HAND TOOLS WE USE => Topic started by: coolmercury on August 17, 2018, 06:49:44 PM

Title: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
Post by: coolmercury on August 17, 2018, 06:49:44 PM

Here are a couple of nail pullers that I still use when knocking down structures.  Top one is a Union Hardware and the bottom one is an L. T. Snow.

Title: Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
Post by: J.A.F.E. on August 17, 2018, 08:48:00 PM

Those look like something you'd use when dressed in a black leather hood.

Title: Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
Post by: john k on August 20, 2018, 01:31:09 AM

I agree,  guess they were a last resort tool, when the nail simply had to come out.  Back then more wood and ones time were pretty cheap.

Title: Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
Post by: oldnslo on December 09, 2018, 10:31:03 AM

I guess it saves you from burning down the outhouse (or barn) to reclaim the square head nails for building moms new porch. 

Title: Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
Post by: bmwrd0 on December 09, 2018, 10:49:19 AM

If memory serves, those were specifically for pulling nails in crated goods, where the wood wasn't especially for saving.

Title: Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
Post by: DeadNutz on December 09, 2018, 11:53:51 AM

I sold a couple of those pullers to a guy who worked for a demolition company. In his line of work those were the best tool to use. He got all excited when he saw the style and name of the ones I had as he said he couldn't find those anymore.