Vintage Specialty Tool ID

[TexasTractor]

Anyone have any idea what this is called and used for?

 

[PILOON]

Looks to me as if it is some sort of pulling device, in as more pull the tighter the clamping forces, but for what purpose as the 'jaws' seem to be smooth.

 

[BHD]

no idea

 

[Gary Fowler]

It could be used to place in a bulls nose to lead him around. I have seen similar nose rings but nothing quite like that one.

 

[TexasTractor]

Wondering if it could be a gopher trap or something like that.

 

[Inspector507]

Looks like some kind of spring trap to me. On one end the middle lever has a ring to secure it to something. Then on the other end it also has a trip bar.

 

[CCWKen]

It's for bulls alright but not for the nose. It turns bulls into bullettes.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

It's for bulls alright but not for the nose. It turns bulls into bullettes.

I have never seen any like that; it must be really old. How does it work? Does the whole thing stay on or is it used to apply a ring or rubber band?

 

[/pine]

Looks like some kind of spring trap to me. On one end the middle lever has a ring to secure it to something. Then on the other end it also has a trip bar.

I agree, from just looking at the pics it looks like is would be set by spreading the "handles" and using the "notched tang" as the trigger...I have no idea what the jaw type arms would be intended to capture...?

Being able to manipulate it would offer more clues...

 

[bcp]

It look like the small metal bar between the two pair of jaws would hold them apart until it was bumped. Either a ..


Mole trap, this style



or an animal grabbing tool, old style.

animal grabber tool - Google Search

Bruce

 

[turnkey4099]

It's for bulls alright but not for the nose. It turns bulls into bullettes.

A burdizer crushes the cords and is a much simpler tool, I don't see anything there that would do that.

 

[CCWKen]

That's a different tool and much newer. You're comparing a screwdriver to a crescent wrench and saying the crescent wrench can't remove screws. So what. :confused3:

 

[turnkey4099]

That's a different tool and much newer. You're comparing a screwdriver to a crescent wrench and saying the crescent wrench can't remove screws. So what. :confused3:

So that tool in the picture is much too complicated to do a simple job. It would be a real experience trying to use it on a bull

 

[Ed of all trades]

So that tool in the picture is much too complicated to do a simple job. It would be a real experience trying to use it on a bull

That was putting it mildly. Ed

 

[CCWKen]

So that tool in the picture is much too complicated to do a simple job. It would be a real experience trying to use it on a bull

The bull calf is typically in a pen or shoot and can't go anywhere. You're not going to be crushing veins on a bull out in the field either. He's not going to let you get that close. It's done when they're young calves. That's what you'd do if you're raising steer for meat anyway. You usually don't "steer" a full grown bull. It wouldn't be a bull unless you're using him for breading.

In earlier days, they just used a knife.

 

[Ed of all trades]

The bull calf is typically in a pen or shoot and can't go anywhere. You're not going to be crushing veins on a bull out in the field either. He's not going to let you get that close. It's done when they're young calves. That's what you'd do if you're raising steer for meat anyway. You usually don't "steer" a full grown bull. It wouldn't be a bull unless you're using him for breading.

In earlier days, they just used a knife.

Yes I have done hundreds of them, and that thing, would be for something else and not that. Ed