my heller bros nippers has JLC or JIC on the tool dos anyone know
Bleonard
Might be an owners mark.
Mike
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Likely owners initials. Please post a picture.
That would be my assumption too.
Sorry I don't have the capability of taking or posting photos. I did research on line and found other nippers like mine and in several cases had the same letters, JIC, forged or stamped on the tool.
Bleonard
could be a mark from the foundry or forger
I have seen the same mark on Heller Nippers a few times, as I have owned probably a dozen or so sets of them over the years. I have also seen it used on tongs for blacksmith work.
I think the the JIC was a mark used for ID from the factory for possibly a certain organization that purchased many tools from them. I just can't remember what it stood for...Job ?? Council or something along those lines.
Thank you to everyone who responded to my question about the letters JIC on the Heller nips. Maybe we will never know. Thank you very much.
Bleonard
The only JIC that I know of, other than an owners mark, is the Joint Industrial Counci.
They established standards for certain industries. Hydraulics and electrical being two I am familiar with. Whether they also had standards for 'smith related items I don't know. Just a thought.
Mike