Found this random image which going down a Google rabbithole
QI | What Was The Chainsaw Invented For?
Submitted 11 months ago by QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to videos@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6zPlk7drac
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x4740N@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Albbi@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Looks to me like forceps used to pull babies out by their heads during tough births.
Jerkface@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s some Renaissance H.R. Giger shit right there.
ptz@dubvee.org 11 months ago
Crossposting to !quite_interesting@dubvee.org
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 11 months ago
TL;DW: Chainsaws were originally intended to cut through bone. Specifically pelvis bone to help facilitate child birth.