What are these for

[Bob lincs]

Anyone know what these are ? Hooked end on the handles and hollow jaws that don’t meet . ??

 

[4course]

remember a similar looking tool that was used for making rings that joined flat belting and canvas together but was a long time ago

 

[Pan mixer]

Pig ringing.

 

[David.]

Look like pig ringing pliers, but not sure about the hooked handles .

 

[TripleSix]

They're for hog rings.

The type that you use to attach rabbit netting to linewire fences.

 

[David.]

Is it still legal to ring pigs?
Used to be weekend job when I was at school, holding 20 score of big unwilling old sow on a wire noose, ready for Dad to put the rings in.... Fairly unkind thing to do with benefit of 40 yrs hindsight.