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TOOLS AND THE SHOP => ANTIQUE/COLLECTOR TOOLS/BOXES/HAND ONLY => Topic started by: stokester on April 07, 2022, 06:14:19 AM

Title: What is this?
Post by: stokester on April 07, 2022, 06:14:19 AM

During my visit to a deceased woodworker's shop I came across this slide-hammer type tool.

What is its purpose?

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: coolmercury on April 07, 2022, 07:27:58 AM

It is a nail puller from around 1900.  Nail goes in the jaw, tighten and then pull the slide.  The common ones go for $20.00 to $30.00.  That one appears to be fairly common.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: stokester on April 07, 2022, 08:12:44 AM

Thanks, I figured it was something like that.

This one is in very good condition especially compared to some I saw for sale on line.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: john k on April 07, 2022, 08:58:06 AM

They do work, but on soft pine they can chew up the wood something awful.   Good for demolition when 2 pieces must be separated. That handle what slides is not for pulling the nail,  it slides down for ramming the jaws around the nail head,  then slides out for leverage to pull the nail.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: bonneyman on April 07, 2022, 09:22:46 AM

I think I saw something like that at the dentist office, for pulling stubborn back molars!  :lol_hitting:

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: hickory n Steel on April 15, 2022, 10:28:18 AM

You can still get a tool like this surprisingly.