Off Topic an ideas on what this is?

[garbageman]

Off Topic, An ideas as to what this tool is?

 

[fishlessam]

Penis enlarger

 

[quackers]

Looks like part of a Keystone dehorner

 

[GPS]

I agree, the blade cutter assembly is missing. Cattle de-horners.

 

[Reel-ist]

Penis enlarger

So you were close. It is designed to remove male appendages rather than enlarge them.

 

[Derkd9]

Off Topic, An ideas as to what this tool is?

Can you post a video of it working? I was thinking crimper but I’m not sure

 

[EthanC]

Same as my cattle de horners

 

[garbageman]

Thanks, will pass on the info.

 

[Extra Virgin]

Penis enlarger

 

[Josh Roelofsen]

Gonna have to disagree with the above answers.....It's a wire fence tensioner/crimper

Josh

 

[Puddle Jumper]

I was also thinking wire fence tightener

 

[going on line]

Cattle dehorner .
Definitely not a wire fence stretcher

 

[Josh Roelofsen]

Ok, to be clear my answer is not a guess The item in question IS a wire fence tool. This tool is used to tighten fence wire in lieu of being properly fixed. The guys saying dehorner are assuming its missing pieces but I assure you it is not. Notice the hooks on each side.....

Those hooks grab the fence wire and the handles are then brought together, forcing the flattened tooling outwards, putting a bend/crimp in the wire and tightening it which would suffice as a fix until it could be fixed properly. Yes, it looks similar to a dehorner, but thats not what this item is.

Josh

 

[Josh Roelofsen]

Had a hard time finding similar farm implements but heres an exact match that is apparently a museum piece and who's purpose was discussed on reddit.....

Disclaimer, I work as a millwright and showed the picture in question to a fellow tradesman and he knew without hesitation what the tool was used for. A litte research and reasoning confirms its a fully intact wire fence tool. Nothing about it suggests dehorner mystery solved IMO