Identification help!

[foley72]

I came across this old tool, but haven't a clue what it is?

Any ideas?

 

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[Slowtaknow]

I want to say large hog ring crimper but without holding it i can't say

 

[1942 merc]

Looks like a vintage barbwire fence cutter .Where did you find it ?

 

[peruna]

I was thinking barbed-wire related also...maybe a fence stretcher device.
Heckuva find!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Really cool old tool!

 

[Hawks88]

To me it Looks like an old style nail puller or some kind of a stretching or pulling/tightening tool.

 

[foley72]

Found it in my in-laws collection of tools, but no one could ID it.

 

[sutphin]

LOOKS LIKE A TOOL FOR STANDING SEAM ROOFING THAT SEAMS IN TIGHT PLACES??

 

[nhbenz]

It looks like there’s patent info on one side, which may help get the correct ID sooner.

 

[Mackaydon]

The shovel handle is from a Bolton and Johnson railroad tool; as here:
https://www.etsystudio.com/listing/545524082/vintage-shovel-handle-cast-iron-handle
Don.....

 

[Gare]

Don Nice call on the Bolton handle. But i think the handle part is a replacement handle, Probable broke part of the handle and put the Bolton shaft and handle back on