Online, things with jaws like this seem to be considered to be adjustable wrenches but when the other end is a nail puller, I'm not sure what they are. No name on it but it could date back to the 19th century.
Not a wrench, or a very specialized one. The forked end is for pulling big-headed eels from their lairs. The other end holds them still while you tattoo your initials on their flanks. This prevents ownership mixups and confounds eel rustlers.
It's an antique emergency roadside valve replacement tool. You use the wrench end to twist the crankshaft to TDC, then use the other end to compress the valve spring and remove the keepers.
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Not a wrench, or a very specialized one. The forked end is for pulling big-headed eels from their lairs. The other end holds them still while you tattoo your initials on their flanks. This prevents ownership mixups and confounds eel rustlers.
You sound as though you've worked in a eel-rie
It's an antique emergency roadside valve replacement tool. You use the wrench end to twist the crankshaft to TDC, then use the other end to compress the valve spring and remove the keepers.
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Really? Kind of a one tool for all vehicles? No name on it that I could see.
The "nail puller" end does look like a rudimentary valve spring compressor but I made the rest up. Sorry.
A way better guess than mine. :Turkey belch.:
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