Les outillages Var — L’Officiel du cycle, 1 October 1955, Tools for Cycle and Motorcycle Dealers, with a Cable Cutter

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 1 October 1955, N° 20, the paper’s special number before the Salon du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 223: les outillages Var: tools for ‘velocistes et motocistes’: double-use flywheel puller, circlip pliers, piston pin extractor, connecting-rod bush remover, and a cable cutter with a drawing. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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Les outillages VAR

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The notice says the Paris firm Var incontestably holds a front-rank place in tools for cycle mechanics (Vélocistes) and motorcycle mechanics (Motocistes), and that a simple, non-exhaustive list of its current production gives a clear idea of the scope and variety of its manufacturing program.]

— Arrache-volant double usage, en acier dur traité (livré en boîte bois) ;
— Pinces à « Circlips » ;
— Chasse-axe de piston ;
— Démonte-bagues de bielles ;

[Ebykr summary, after the drawing. The last item is the cable cutter (Coupe-câbles), shown in the figure above. The notice calls it an ingenious tool that removes the chore of inserting, into a cable clamp or a cable-housing stop, a cable whose end was crushed when cut with ordinary pliers. With this cutter the cable is cut cleanly, without effort, and stays round and unfrayed. The tool, made entirely of tempered Swedish steel, is fully nickel-plated; its length is 180 mm.]

[An editorial notice in a single column: a one-line heading in bold roman, set flush right, with the firm name VAR in capitals, then italic running text with a few phrases in bold roman and a dash list of tools in italic with the first item’s name in bold. In the middle stands a square frame ruled in heavy black line holding one line engraving of a cable cutter, shown at a slant: two long curved handles open in a V, a coiled spring between them, and cutting jaws at the lower left. A round inset circle at the left of the frame magnifies the end of a cable, showing the twisted strands and the clean cut face of the strand ends. The word VAR and the words COUPE CÂBLES are engraved on the tool’s body in small letters. The drawing is outline engraving with fine hatching for shading and carries no artist signature. A solid black round dot stands at the foot of the crop below the last line. There is no address, price or stand number in this notice.]