Another "what Is This?"

[stewey]

What is this used for?
http://i40.tinypic.com/1et5ad.jpg

[Psybbo]

A vice?

[Zacs-Master]

Looks like a chain splitter to me.

[Sipowicz]

A bicycle chain link remover?

[Mosaic]

Nutcracker?

[boxtops]

as long as it's not a toenail clipper.... :-)

[horseshoes]

Drilling bone?

[stewey]

That was fast. Yes: made by Perry of Birmingham. Not an antique, but pretty old I think.

[jomifl]

looks like a chain link remover to me too.
I do like these mystery objects, we should have a section devote to them.

[stewey]

Yes to zacs and sips. Perhaps I should have let it go on a little longer.

[Svejk]

Yes, do another one but don't tell the answer till tomorrow.
And give us a prize.

[Tilly2]

When I clicked on the picture I had a message to say that Chrome had disallowed it because it was a Phshing site. Why did that happen?

[tonyav]

When I clicked on it the fist time all I got was an ad for phone cases, clicked on it again and I got the pic of the chain link splitter.

[Peter Pedant]

i thought it wa s a pipe cutter thingey

I have used a chain link splitter... er and i didnt think it looked like that.....

[stewey]

Peter, that's because this one was made in Birmingham, England by British craftsmen prior to WW11: it's solid, made to last (as it obviously has), contains no plastic parts, and is (pardon the pun) an interesting link to the past:)