The other guessers are totally wrong about this. Any old timer who repairs watches would recognize this as a mainspring extraction tool for small women’s watches. Note how it has been carefully cared for all these years.
I’m with Steve. Yes it is a nail puller for fine furniture. You put the jaws on each side of the nail and drive it into the wood with the slide hammer. (You may have to fille the hole afterwards.)
February 25th, 2009 at 11:33 am
this is old nail puller and cutter.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Nail Puller.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
it’s a nail puller. (http://www.josephmarc.com/page-65312.html)
February 28th, 2009 at 9:42 am
its a nail puller. they still sell them at hardware stores…
February 28th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
nail puller
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 am
nail puller
March 4th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
It’s a Nail Puller.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:26 am
The other guessers are totally wrong about this. Any old timer who repairs watches would recognize this as a mainspring extraction tool for small women’s watches. Note how it has been carefully cared for all these years.
March 7th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Nail Puller. Or other tools
March 10th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Yep. It’s a nail puller… for nails that are really driven in deep.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Steve is hilarious. It is definitely an instrument of Swiss origin.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:47 am
It is a nail puller i still use on my self.
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I’m with Steve. Yes it is a nail puller for fine furniture. You put the jaws on each side of the nail and drive it into the wood with the slide hammer. (You may have to fille the hole afterwards.)
June 6th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I still use one. It’s a nail puller. I also have a older version from my grandfathers tool box.
June 8th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Nail puller….just like the one I still use
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 pm
It’s a highly-leverageable wire cutter.
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:39 am
That is a nail puller. I have one in my workshop.