Mystery tools

[Whiskers]

Ps search "hay knife" in Google images
Eric

That is just exactly what it is.

[Col. Houston]

#1 is a hay/ice saw.

[ranald]

Hi Bony, looks like you have the answer to No.1 (I thought it was bart simpsons hair brush).

If you don't get a full answer to no.2 , You could try the guys at The Traditional Tools Group Inc.(I think you are on the right track for welding pipes in situ.) If there is a makers mark it will be a lot easier. if those guys(TTTGI) want to charge, You can try searching via the "Australian Woodsmith" who often answer such queries via TTTGI.
Good luck

[fjerceg]

Attachment 25312
Number one. I think it's used for cutting peat.


Attachment 25313
Number two. Possibly intended to manipulate pipes into place for joining lengths together when laying pipelines?

I don't have any further info as I've been asked about the items I haven't actually seen them.

If you actually know please share, although I'd prefer not have hundreds of guesses.

Bony

Number two looks like it was used as a clamp for taking the bow out of deck boards. The two pins would jam on the edge of a joist as the clamp pushes against the deck boards and the handle would lay across the other joist.

[Priemsy]

I know number 1 as a silage cutter here in Aus.

[ranald]

At first sight I also thought that but the height adjustment did not seem to gel.

[Schtimpy]

No 1 is a hay knife
No 2 is a flooring cramp for closing up the gaps between floorboards when laying a timber floor. The two pins straddle the floor joist and the screw bears on the side of the floorboards

[volodar]

I'd find a use for #2 as an alignment tool, or for a particular misalignment. Supports on the distal end of the parts would be needed. Many other ways to do that, though.

[bigtrev8xl]

[Uitvinder]

Attachment 25312
Number one. I think it's used for cutting peat.


Attachment 25313
Number two. Possibly intended to manipulate pipes into place for joining lengths together when laying pipelines?

I don't have any further info as I've been asked about the items I haven't actually seen them.

If you actually know please share, although I'd prefer not have hundreds of guesses.

Bony

Tool number one is a hay saw.
Just to cut big hay bales into smaller pieces.