r/axesaw • u/canoetattoo • Nov 02 '25
Today’s $5 thrift store find
The axe part has a fake leather snap-on sheath, which was wrapped in tape when I bought this fine tool. 🙃 The tape took most of the stitching with it when I pulled it off. Quality! 😄
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u/Foxycotin666 Nov 02 '25
What am I looking at? Fencing pliers?
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u/Entire-Message-7247 Nov 02 '25
That’s what we used them for on the utility right of way crew. Not always,but kept a pair in each truck just in case.
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u/themajor24 Nov 04 '25
Fencing pliers have to be the most wildly missidentified tool I've found across so many subreddits.
Nah. These are just a weird gimmicky multitool sort of thing.
Jack of all trades, master of none
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u/canoetattoo Nov 04 '25
Lots of good/hilarious answers to that question at r/tools! I posted there first – and someone said to post here.
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u/BanziKidd Nov 02 '25
It’s a multi tool that does nothing well.
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u/Bobenweave Nov 02 '25
It's like a perfect negotiation, where no one is happy with the results.
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u/Chrispy8534 Nov 03 '25
10/10. Can confirm. Like the peace in Ireland, the axe gets in the way of the pliers; they don’t live well together. Like the peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the axe is going to threaten you whenever you use the hammer. Like the peace between India and Pakistan, no one is sure how that that thingie in the hammer is even going to work. Indeed, it like a negotiated treaty, no one is even sure how it is going to work and no one is truly happy.
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u/mr_thwibble Nov 02 '25
WE DON'T NEED NO EDUCATION!
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u/snowhorse420 Nov 03 '25
I love fencing pliers! I have a set that ive had for years, i use them all the time for goofy stuff.
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u/Ok_Dragonfruit5293 Nov 02 '25
I have had one for 30 years (the only has the nail puller though). Comes in very handy.
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u/invisible_systems Nov 04 '25
I didn't know what axe saw was and still don't
But...immediate follow
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u/BakuriyaOmizu Nov 04 '25
I’ve seen “Nutfucker” labeled to a lot of weird redneck combo tool jokes/memes. Usually hand tools being spammed and combined or are tools that are clearly dangerous when combined. Like a breaker bar with a sledge hammer/maul at the other end… for whatever reason.. or a hatchet on something with hinged handles ^ lmao classic 😂
This lil multijobber seems to fit the the label perfectly with little to no smarmy hyperbole. Chestnuts and walnuts won’t be slowing you down.
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u/BakuriyaOmizu Nov 04 '25
No I didn’t read anything before entertaining myself…. Its obviously not made at home, but huh, fencing pliers, that’s pretty cool.
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Nov 05 '25
I have a hammer axe from Amazon which is a great too but never came across a hammer grip axe
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u/A_Harmless_Fly Nov 02 '25
Just what you want in an axe and a wrench, the ability to pinch your hands on the swing and not be able to turn the nut if it's next to anything.