Author Topic: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.  (Read 7960 times)

Offline coolmercury

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Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
« 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.

Offline J.A.F.E.

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Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2018, 08:48:00 PM »
Those look like something you'd use when dressed in a black leather hood.
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Offline john k

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Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
« Reply #2 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.

Offline oldnslo

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Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
« Reply #3 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. 

Offline bmwrd0

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Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
« Reply #4 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.

Offline DeadNutz

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Re: Nail pullers do a good job of butchering wood.
« Reply #5 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.