Maybe for doing something clever with a cable, like pulling the barrel end over or through something?
The one on the right looks like a trim clip removal tool (or a crank removal tool for a manual crank-up window).
They both look like trim tools. I've got a set of nylon ones that have ends pretty much just like that.
In reply to Steve_Jones :
That's what I told the guy who sent me the pic. He said he's had them 30 years, and didn't remember ever using them for that type of push pin.
wawazat said:Electrical plug separator tools
He's the winner. Automotive electric plug separators.
video on them Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrW2Kcz9rYs
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