What was this pliers-like tool used for?
Picked up at flea market. Think it's bronze. 5-3/4" long. Not magnetic.

Just guessing, but maybe some kind of a Barbwire fencing tool.

Or pulling horseshoe nails?

Reminds me of some old hog ring pliers.

Although I could see horse shoe pliers, I don't think the bronze/brass would hold up against steel nails very well.

Maybe old castrating tool. We called them bedeezerizers. People use elastic bands now.

looks like a mold, clean out the face of both sides and get a better picture. they used to use a similar tool to pour bullets for muzzle loads.

hard to tell with all the krap on it.

We called them berdeezos. The ones i was familiar with did the cutting out at the very end and perpendicular to the handles.There's some people I'd like to use those ones pictured above on . The elastic bands are too humane for the pos scumbags I'm thinking of.

X 2 19th Century beat up 8mm tool......Maybe!!

My grandmother had those berdeezos to crimp young bull calves. She later went to the bands and I've banded a few. Funny to watch them afterwards shaking their legs only to find their boys in the pen a few days later looking like jerky.

I get the allure to things like this, but it would be an easy pass for me. I would spend the $ on something I knew had value..just my opinion

I bet that was a sight!
My Papaw made sure those didn't go anywhere except Grandma's cast iron skillet.

I was thinking hog ring pliers as well.

Being brass, I would say an old blacksmith tool for picking up hot steel.

Damn. There is a mental image I just can NOT un-see.

Nut cracker