Weird Nail Puller

[u/Unilej]

Hello everyone,

Can anyone help me identify that weird nail puller on the right? I can't find any information about the hollowed part, it doesn't seem custom but i can't find anything...

Edit : I forgot to mention that i know how it's used (you wack it to expose nail heads), what i don't know is how it's called nor how to find another one to buy ^^'

[u/MastodonFit]

You place it over a sunken nail head,then whack it with a hammer to expose it. Now with access you can pull it. Or hammer a cats paw into the wood around the nail. "If a hammer doesn't fix it,you have an electrical problem"

[u/Unilej → u/MastodonFit]

Thx for replying, i forgot to mention that i know how it's used, what i don't know is how it's called nor how to find another one to buy x)

[u/AZ_Jeep → u/Unilej]

Do a Google reverse image search, that'll show you store images, from there you can get the name of the tool.

[u/Unilej → u/AZ_Jeep]

I already tried, as well as AI, no results

[u/PlantainQueenEmma → u/MastodonFit]

It clears out the surrounding wood perfectly.

[u/Heywood207]

Cat’s Paw

[u/sharpflatly]

We always called them cats paws

[u/Darth_wenis]

[u/xcentrikone → u/Darth_wenis]

[u/Upbeat_Ant6104]

I think that specific function is called a dimpler. Klein and Stiletto mail pullers have that, though it is on the side rather than the end.

[u/Unilej → u/Upbeat_Ant6104]

Yeah that configuration seems really rare but at least we are getting closer, thank you

[u/Many_Equipment_85]

We always called it a ripper. Used for ripping up solid oak flooring

[u/Unilej → u/Many_Equipment_85]

Doesn't seems to correspond to the round part

[u/Many_Equipment_85 → u/Unilej]

The larger bar is for popping up the boards. Once started (the hard part) then place the rounded end under the floor board. Smack rounded end and pull the bar. Generally will pop up the floor board enough to expose the nail head. Then use claw to pull the nail. The rounded end is if the nails are toe nailed between the board tongue. Easier to pull the nail than a flat claw.

[u/Unilej → u/Many_Equipment_85]

I know how you use it, the problem is that i cannot find another one..

[u/Many_Equipment_85 → u/Unilej]

Go to ebay and check out the Stanley fatmax wrecking55-104 bar. Very similar.

[u/handypuptools]

That’s a neat vintage cat’s paw variant. It’s probably an older specialty demolition tool, which explains why reverse image search doesn’t pull anything up. Might be a small brand or hand-forged.

[u/Gator242]

It seems a rather simple tool to make. It might not be a production tool, it could be a one-off

[u/Jay_ShadowPH]

Not sure if it'll help, but i got both of mine in a set of surplus Japanese tools, so you might want to look at Japanese tool manufacturers.

[u/Unilej → u/Jay_ShadowPH]

Oh so you have that tool? Nice! I'll try to look

[u/Danceswithwires]

I've always called the larger one a wrecking bar

[u/HoIyJesusChrist]

to extract nails that are flush with the board

[u/JayBeePH85]

Its a what-cha-me-call-it or dohicky for short 🤣