mystery tool - possibly electronics related?

Hi Bill,

That looks like a brad (decorative dome headed nail) puller! The two=20 jaws slide under the head of the brad as you squeeze the handle, then=20 you lever it out using the head of the tool.

That would be handy in restoration shops - we would use it for pulling=20 the twist-in brads used to hold pinball rails in place on the older=20 games - right now we use wire cutters for the same job.

John :-#)#

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I don't think that is likely - the gap in the blades is 1/2 inch at max separation, and .275 fully closed - the jaws never actually meet - I suppose it might pull tacks if the heads were really big, but somehow I just don't think it is a carpentry related tool. The blades are sharp, but not at all in the middle where the notch is

How clean is the notch? Did someone try to cut something they weren't supposed to? I often see dikes that look like people used them to cut up coat hangers.

But it _does_ look like some kind of puller.

Good Luck! Rich

I think it's a crimping tool.

Blade that doesn't close fully - Cable sheath stripper?

Why not send the pix to the "What is it?" guy?

Cheers! Rich

Dennis Inscribed thus:

That would be my guess too ! .275 is just about right for RG59.

I?m trying to figure out what this tool that came in a box of misc electronics surplus is used for ? it?s marked JTI, so maybe it belongs to Jacks' Technologies & Industries Corporation ??? It's not an antique, but maybe someone here recognizes it (Jeff?)

it's just over 1/8 of an inch from the blade to the body - the blades are .330 (just over .325)

Here are some links to images

Terrible URLs -- and they don't even lead to a place where you can click to get to the next image. I had to stretch the window out to

Anyway -- what it *looks* like to me is a crimper for the steel bands and the clips which fit on them for packaging heavy objects.

Enjoy, DoN.

sorry about the URLs, some day I may figure out how that site (which is free) wants links to be captured - that is from opening the photos on the site and getting the properties. Anyway, the blade is sharp, so doubt that it is for crimping - it might crimp with the center part, but then the two sides must be cutting something

I bet it is a tool to remove a specific connector or switch or somesuch that pops into a sheet metal panel. The sharp part get in under edge of the component and the notch pushes in a little plastic tab.

Got photos of the business end???

Well - since we're still in "guess" mode - I'll throw in my "guess"...

A part of a Farrier's tool kit... While I don't recognize that specific tool - the business end looks like a combination "nipper" and a puller. The lack of "marks" on the pry-point would be due to the softness of the hoof. Most Farrier tools like this have longer handles

- but this might be a "pocket" version. Also - there is a JTI in the "Tack" business though I don't see anything exactly like this in their line... Cowboy Outfitters use JTI-nn-nnn for P/Ns for their Farrier Tools...

So.... maybe a cowboy knows what it is...

.02 rg

Nail puller. Only a flat head could be between the jaws (with half circles in each.

Pry bar on the side to rock it out.

Mart> I?m trying to figure out what this tool that came in a box of misc

There should be a hole - for the center wire ... Not much is between the bottom of the jaws and the head.

Mart> Dennis Inscribed thus:

here is a link that brings up all the photos - again its one of those long URLs, sorry

that was my first thought when I looked up JTI but there is no number, just JTI cast into the handle.

my new guess du-jour is that it is somehow used with a cable like ROMEX to make slots in it for later ripping - it's still a baffling tool. The guy who I got it from picks up a lot of old/obsolete telecom gear so that might be a hint - is there anything a lineman would so with a tool like this?