Blade to cut nails

[catlad]

DeWALT 10" Precise Claw Crow Bar Pinch Nail Puller Digger Pry Wrecking Xmas Gift

I have one of these and its very useful for pulling nails out.
You place the ring over the nail and hit it with a hammer revealing the nail head.

 

[opps]

The estwing follows closely on the Japanese designs.
https://www.tftools.co.uk/products/mokuba-precision-japanese-cats-paw-nail-bar

http://www.dogyu-export.com/products/bar/bars/7.html

And additionally the estwings I own are made in Japan and full patent pending. The website just says they are made from steel but it looks more like wrench material chrome vanadium. They really do take a bashing.

Thanks for the links. The Bakuma that I want to replicate is the one with the spade bottom.

I did recently purchase a different branded Japanese one from Aximister but it is vastly inferior to the Bakuma version that they used to sell

https://www.axminster.co.uk/japanese-restorer-s-cat-s-paw-110206

The spade part is much thicker. When removing, for example, parting beads you end up with a more visible mark in the timber.

 

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I've been using the Estwing spade-ended model for about 4 years now. They do work on beadings/mouldings in building refurb work and as Ryler they will take a heck of a lot of abuse. BTW Estwing also sell an 18in forged pry bar, the EPB/18, which again is made in Japan and can be useful dealing with larger stuff such as built-up skirtings, cornices and architraves (again a restoration/listed building thing). They are also Japanese and will take being smashed with a hammer all day long if needs be.

 

[bobasd]

as above, i agree that Lennox make the best recip blades by far - they also make outstanding Self-feed wood bits.
i've used Lennox blades at ninety degrees and then, if they wanted to stay bent, hammered them back into shape.
after serious use, the Self-feed bits can be constantly filed back razor sharp.

to any apprentice out there - tool up with sets of Lennox blades for metal or wood work.
and to anyone eg a plumber or sparky doing timber frame work then get the individual Lennox Self-feed bits needed for snaking your pipes or cables.