A Tool for Mr Whippy!

[nuphoria]

So I saw words like vintage, farm and tool.... thought it might be the perfect thing for Mr Whippy! 



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1904-UNUSUAL-OLD-VTG-STRIEBY-FOOTE-WRENCH-CUTTER-ANTIQUE-RARE-FARM-MULTI-TOOL-/261153041005?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ccdef2a6d

Honestly, I have no idea what this thing is, but I quite like the look of it... ebay US 

[Ravot]

crowbar, wrench, lunch bell!? haha.

on the first pic. if you slant your head to the left, looks like a person and a snake as a head.

[David]

I`ve bought alot of vintage adjustable wrenches from that seller. That particular tool is out of my present area of interest. When I saw it early today I thought Bob might be interested. So Mr W or Bob who's going for it.       

The last wrench I got from the seller about a week ago is this King Dick adjustable.

[JAfromMn]

That is a odd looking tool. Anybody know what it's for.

 

[AimlessWanderer]

It looks like something a Bond villain would have for "extracting the truth" 

[Mr. Whippy]

In on it! Mr. Whippy is representin!

[nuphoria]

I wasn't suggesting that you were a vintage tool

[Mr. Whippy]

That thing is just too funky to not have on the farm.

[ducttapetech]

It was used on farms years ago. Its an old fencing tool.

[Mr. Whippy]

It was used on farms years ago. Its an old fencing tool.

I figured it was for wire fencing (twisting wire and turning tensioners).

[nuphoria]

Yeah, vaguely got the wire bits but why the s-hook? Just a hanging device?

[ducttapetech]

The only reason I know what is because an Old Timer and I was building a line fence between his farm and mine and he was using one. It would cut barbed wire like it was nothing.

[ducttapetech]

Yeah, vaguely got the wire bits but why the s-hook? Just a hanging device?

to stretch wire across the fence post. Mainly for woven wire fence. The "s" would hook on the wire and the pointy thing would be jammed into the post a pried to the tension you wanted. Or that is how the Old Timer did it anyways. 

[Mr. Whippy]

Yeah, vaguely got the wire bits but why the s-hook? Just a hanging device?

to stretch wire across the fence post. Mainly for woven wire fence. The "s" would hook on the wire and the pointy thing would be jammed into the post a pried to the tension you wanted. Or that is how the Old Timer did it anyways.

Beat me to it.  We're all 3 board fencing.  Wire and horses can get expensive in a veterinary way.

[nuphoria]

Aah, clever stuff

I'm going to go get a pic and add it to the OP - nice to have this one on record I think

[ducttapetech]

Yeah, vaguely got the wire bits but why the s-hook? Just a hanging device?

to stretch wire across the fence post. Mainly for woven wire fence. The "s" would hook on the wire and the pointy thing would be jammed into the post a pried to the tension you wanted. Or that is how the Old Timer did it anyways.

Beat me to it.  We're all 3 board fencing.  Wire and horses can get expensive in a veterinary way.

Yes it can be, I always liked board fencing, but cattle dont seem to pay much heed to boards.

[Mr. Whippy]

Yeah, vaguely got the wire bits but why the s-hook? Just a hanging device?

to stretch wire across the fence post. Mainly for woven wire fence. The "s" would hook on the wire and the pointy thing would be jammed into the post a pried to the tension you wanted. Or that is how the Old Timer did it anyways.

Beat me to it.  We're all 3 board fencing.  Wire and horses can get expensive in a veterinary way.

Yes it can be, I always liked board fencing, but cattle dont seem to pay much heed to boards.

And that's why cattle are better for plowing.  They just push on, and push on.

[PTRSAK]

Yeah, vaguely got the wire bits but why the s-hook? Just a hanging device?

to stretch wire across the fence post. Mainly for woven wire fence. The "s" would hook on the wire and the pointy thing would be jammed into the post a pried to the tension you wanted. Or that is how the Old Timer did it anyways.

Beat me to it.  We're all 3 board fencing.  Wire and horses can get expensive in a veterinary way.

Yes it can be, I always liked board fencing, but cattle dont seem to pay much heed to boards.

And that's why cattle are better for plowing.  They just push on, and push on.

... and they're tastier too.