Tool of a similar craft .

[RBHarter]

I've had this pair special use pliers for 10-15 years , I don't even remember where they came from .

I guess I never really looked at them or at least I didn't give it a thought .
Anyway Atlas explosive , Atlas powder #2 .

I believe they are a blasters multi tool .
Crimp , cut , flair , screw and plier stuff .

 

[RicinYakima]

Army issued an almost identical tool. They weren't used very much after we went to all electric detonators. Those are for safety fuse and dynamite/TNT blocks.

 

[RBHarter]

That most likely means it came with the Nevada house .
I bought a house that the kids basically took the cars , electronics , and clothes out of and sold everything else with the house . The old man had worked on the depot and retired when it changed hands from Navy to Army possession/ops . He had quite a few tools in drawers under benches etc marked NAD .

 

[dale2242]

They are to crimp old style blasting caps to fuse.
Cool tool.
I have a small pair of special pliers for stripping and cutting the wire on modern electric caps...dale

 

[RBHarter]

The depot did a lot of open/pit detonation demil work 20k of demil 15k of donor mat'l and 5k of known good just to make sure the donor ring properly "demilinated" the demil mat'l .

The change over was in 1978 with it going contract in 1980 . I suspect even that late they were still using up WWII caps , dynamite , and bulk TNT as daily business .

 

[fiver]

I got one of them too.
figured it come off the 'farm' or camp Williams either way the FIL had a set or 6.