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What specific type of pliers are these?

edro

edro

Lifer
My grandfather gave me some of his old tools.

These are standard needle nose pliers, with side cutters at the base.
The only difference is that they have this unknown feature, shown in the pics.

I assumed it was a wire stripper for solid conductor wire, but the hole seems too small for that.

Does anyone know? Google has failed me.

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And Here
 
Wire stripper of some type. Could have been specially made for a company.

I have diagonal cutter pliers (dikes) that have a similar notch for stripping wire.
 
I think your first guess was pretty good. Perhaps it was stripper for a smaller guague? I agre it looks too small for 12 guage. Perhaps back in the day the guage was smaller than it is now?
 
Originally posted by: GasX
Is it a smooth hole with a taper from one side to the other?
Probably a crimper
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Yes, it's an acorn shaped taper. I can't think of what it would crimp.

It looks like the machine they use to draw out wire to make it a smaller gauge.
 
It looks like it would hold a piece of metal and crimp it shut. The shape reminds me of some aid climbing gear I've seen. Much early climbing gear had odd origins. I can't find a picture of what I mean. But it had an acorn sort of shaped bulb of copper on the end of thick wire, and is meant to be pounded into the smallest imperfections in rock while aid climbing. I could see that said gear could origins related to the tool you are describing. This is a really roundabout way of saying I think it's a crimper of some sort.
 
Originally posted by: notposting
Telephone work. Stripping hole.
Google Klein 71980 for pics.
Other companies make similar.
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Good job! Those are it!
I guess telephone wire is ~22 guage, which is .0253", so a .03" hole would be good to rip the insulation off.

Thanks, my life is now complete!
 
Originally posted by: notposting
Telephone work. Stripping hole.
Google Klein 71980 for pics.
Other companies make similar.
Click to expand...

Learned something today! Thanks for posting, notposting!

:laugh::thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: notposting
Telephone work. Stripping hole.
Google Klein 71980 for pics.
Other companies make similar.
Click to expand...

My Dad worked for the Bell systems-AT&T for 42 years.

I though those looked familiar. :laugh:
 
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