# Help identify this tool **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 12, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665 "2019-10-12T03:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/1 "2019-10-12T03:18:45Z")
Hanging on the wall of a place I ate tonight. Its about 3 feel long. Looks like its designed to provide a lot of pressure on the business end. It looks somewhat like a giant staple remover. Anyway… [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/a4f9b419-cd75-4983-9729-8a379c4c2af9.jpeg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/a4f9b419-cd75-4983-9729-8a379c4c2af9.jpeg) [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/d10de4c4-9e67-40f5-93cb-055edfdfde65_l.jpeg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/d10de4c4-9e67-40f5-93cb-055edfdfde65_l.jpeg) Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/2 "2019-10-12T03:44:20Z")
Chain pliers. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/3 "2019-10-12T03:46:37Z")
I don’t know, but my guess was going to be a farrier tool like horseshoe nail remover. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/4 "2019-10-12T03:46:38Z")
Looks like a very old bolt cutter or metal shear of some kind. The head provides compound leverage for cutting metal. I’ve seen compound metal shears like that with only a little different head. That one looks more like it is for cutting something like a bolt or notching heavy sheet metal. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/5 "2019-10-12T03:49:46Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I don’t know, but my guess was going to be a farrier tool like horseshoe nail remover. It’s not the exact same design, but, for example, [this looks somewhat similar](https://tnfarriersupply.com/products/mustad-crease-nail-puller). ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/6 "2019-10-12T04:01:54Z")
I think **Dickerman** got it in one. This “[vintage chain repair plier](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1366&bih=657&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=GE6hXavINueT0PEPuq-oqAw&q=chain+repair+pliers&oq=chain+repair+pliers&gs_l=img.3..0i24.150933.157137..158285...0.0..0.765.6413.5-3j6......0....1..gws-wiz-img.xIririRm6Nc&ved=0ahUKEwirtK2P6ZXlAhXnCTQIHboXCsUQ4dUDCAc&uact=5#imgdii=0QC_-iy_l6rU7M:&imgrc=sTeVm4ZDboDNbM:)s” seems to have the exact same head. ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/7 "2019-10-12T04:38:26Z")
For example: [Pierre giant chain plier no 4 - 19 in long | #1788780964](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pierre-giant-chain-plier-19-long-1788780964) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/8 "2019-10-12T04:48:04Z")
Ah, that does look a lot closer. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/9 "2019-10-12T05:02:01Z")
> [@Dickerman](#): > > For example: [https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pierre-giant-chain-plier-19-long-1788780964](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pierre-giant-chain-plier-19-long-1788780964) Yep, seems to be it. Funny, they had like things grouped together. So I figured it might have something to do with the oil industry. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tool/841665/10 "2019-10-12T14:20:59Z")
[The oil industry uses chains](https://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/s/spinning_chain.aspx).