17TH CENTURY GERMAN MEDIEVAL CROCODILE TORTURE TONGS, no sword

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A RARE PIECE OF TORTURE HISTORY - THESE LATE MEDIEVAL TONGS WOULD BE HEATED IN THE FIRE AND THEN USED TO RIP SEARED FLESH FROM THE BODY. HAND FORGED IRON CONSTRUCTIONWITH THE JAWS OF THE TONGS CRAFTED TO RESEMBLE THE HEAD AND TEETH OF A CROCODILE. RAZOR SHARP AND HOOKED BACKWARDS, THE TEETH OF THIS TORTURE TONG WERE SHAPED THIS WAY SO THEY WOULD SINK INTO THE FLESH OF THE ACCUSED AND THEN TAKE A STRONG HOLD WHEN THE TONGS WERE PULLED BACKWARDS.
THE END EFFECT OF THE SHAPE OF THE TEETH COMBINED WITH A STRONG BACKWARDS PULLING MOTION BY THE TORTURER IS THAT THE PLIERS ARE CAPABLE OF ACTUALLY RIPPING LARGE HUNKS OF FLESH OFF OF THE PRISONER'S BODY. MUTILATION WITH SUCH PLIERS WOULD OFTEN BE A PRECURSOR TO A MORE SEVERE SENTENCE, SUCH AS PUBLIC EXECUTION.
TOTAL LENGTH = 26 INCHES
CROCODILE HEAD = 8 INCHES
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TORTURE HISTORY !!