I had something similar to this, but not quite the same. It was used to get the teeth of a hand saw back in the correct pitch/angle when the saw had become dull. You then sharpened the teeth. Might be that.

Collo.

Thanks Possum and Collo....this certainly gives me something to follow up.Thanks again.Cheers

Rgren you've got it - may it is an earlier form of attaching the wire to pressed metal dropper posts (or star pickets) - I use a more modern method utilising grooves on my fencing pliers. I think because it looks older than pressed metal posts were being manufactured it may have been used specifically to attach tag/ seals.

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yobarr wrote:

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For many years I have had this tool hanging on the wall of my workshop,in the hope that someone could identify it.No luck so far,but wondering if anybody here recognises it? Cheers

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 Yobarr,

Was there a dentist in the family?

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 Hi Montie...I have checked that,without success! However,after a thorough clean a name tag was revealed,along with a model number.It is a wire-rope cutter,and can be used on wire-rooes up to 7mm in diameter.Thanks to all who offered suggestions.Cheers.

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That is definitely a cable cutter, they are made with overlapping jaws so that the cable is cut clean without squashing the strands together. Used one for years in a bike shop.

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 Thanks Vince...Cheers

yobarr wrote:

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For many years I have had this tool hanging on the wall of my workshop,in the hope that someone could identify it.No luck so far,but wondering if anybody here recognises it? Cheers

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 Hi Yobarr.

As a kid I remember a pair "I thought pliers" that dad had in his large fitter and turning tool box, he told me they were his father's who was a Ganger on the railways maintaining the overhead power lines in Sydney area.

I am still none the wiser why Grandfather had them or what jod they did or why my father had them. Grandfather worked on the railway from about 1910 till 1950. 

Why I remember these pliers as being similar to yours is the spring action, as a young boy I would get intrigued watching the action of that recoil spring. I did buy a second hand pair of secateurs once with a similar spring action.

Very interesting. I wonder where they are now, I must ask my older brother.