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Tools found in an old toolbox

I bought an old Simmonds machinist tool chest in a reclamation yard recently and it had a couple of tools in it I’m trying to identify.

Google and Chat GPT haven’t been successful in identifying them precisely.

The first tool: A pliers

This was stamped: AUTOCRAFT TOOL CO. STAMFORD CONN.

Chat GPT’s best guess was a wire crimping tool for wire fencing repair. It also suggests it has a wire cutting part near the pivot point but I don’t see that.

My guess is it’s a former or a tool for holding round stick without damaging it. Another tool that was in the box looks like a seam former for sheet metal, so that would tie into that.

Seam former?

This looks like a tool for shaping a seam into the edge of sheet metal. The handle end is chisel like, so it looks like it’s used with a hammer to form a shape on the edge of metal sheeting to match it to a seam or another panel.

I’m open to ideas and I’ll continue to check what these tools are.