Cinder tongs

2010.23

Found similar type tool called "Cinder tongs" under U.S. patent US1484100. (Free Patents Online. "Cinder Tongues" 22 Nov. 2010 <http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1484100.html> See pdf file)

Iron tongs that appear to be made by a blacksmith with possible uses for removing cinders or clinkers from coal burning stoves.

ca. 1920

W-5 L-18.5 D-4.25 inches

Blacksmiths could make about anything out of steel. This appears to have been made by a blacksmith. Can you guess how it was used?

Blacksmithing
Tongs