Let us help you identify that mysterious object you’ve found.
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It's a metal band tensioner and cutter. Usually used to secure something to a post that you have no intention of removing for the foreseeable future.
That looks like a band-it strap puller/tightener.
I forget what the actual name is, but it can latch onto a metal strip and pull it tight around some digs to keep boxes and canisters in place, or to hold a strong back repair plate on a damaged pipe
We have a winner.
Im sure they have a real name but if you asked anyone who knows what it is for the "metal band tightener/cutter" they would know what you meant.
I don't know the name, but it's a tool to tighten a steel band.
Correct but beaten slightly to the punch by the other guy.
Is it a nut splitter, to help remove a nut that has seized to the bolt threads?
It is not.
Aww, nuts.
Better luck next time lol
Wild guess: a tool for manually shaping iron rods or rebar?
Negative Wilco Rodger.