Can you identify this object????

[registered "^^"]

49" long, 6" wide when closed, weighs 38 pounds!! and don't ask me I do not know what it is.....lol......unless it is vasectomy shears for the Jolly Green Giant!

 

[LRC]

ummmmmmmmmm kinda rusty

can you say lock jaw?........

 

[The_old_man]

Looks very much like blacksmith shears. For cutting / trimming worked plate.

The lower tang would fit into a hole in the end of the anvil, the inner tang prevented crushed nuckles.

 

[registered "^^"]

Sounds logical, and they are heavy enough for that. Thank you!

 

[La Huesera]

Could it be used to cut wire rope when its hot?

 

[Azwed]

I had the same thought about a blacksmiths tool when I saw it. Had to dig back through my mind but I do remember seeing some tools like that before. I have been to a few historical sites that have tools like that. It looks alot like them.

 

[cuz cracker]

it looks like a old pair of tin snips to me. i'll bet the L shaped end had a fuction too.