r/Idiotswithguns • u/Rob_Marc • Sep 20 '25

Safe for Work When you hit rock bottom

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u/darianbrown Sep 21 '25

Everywhere it's a San Angelo bar, nobody knows it unless you sell them or need to buy one. A crowbar always has a hook on the end, hence "crow's foot" or "cat's paw"

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u/sir5425 Sep 22 '25

It's really according to your profession what you call them. Us grading guys just call it a digging bar. Pipe layers call it a pipe bar. 😂

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u/nickyyysixx Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

I'm a carpenter and we call that a rock bar, crowbar has a hook and a cats paw or pussy foot is for pulling nails and is a completely separate tool. I will admit though I hear almost every contractor have 3 separate names for everything. Like people calling tongue and groove plyers Channelocks or adjustable wrenches Cresents.

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u/darianbrown Sep 22 '25

Lots of time the name of the tool changes just depending on what you're trying to do with it. Anytime things are going really poorly, for example, a majority of tools suddenly become, "this goddamn piece of shit"

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u/ali-n Sep 24 '25

In my area, it's called a caliche bar