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Offline skipskip

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yes, they are nippers but what's the right name?
« on: April 19, 2016, 10:55:28 AM »
no brand name on these nippers

but they are are an odd design to me

whats the correct nomenclature?

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Offline turnnut

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Re: yes, they are nippers but what's the right name?
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2016, 11:01:34 AM »
??? end cutters ???  or end nippers ???

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Re: yes, they are nippers but what's the right name?
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2016, 11:59:55 AM »
??? end cutters ???  or end nippers ???


yeah, but these are angled, many of the end nippers I see are 90 deg to the handles.
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Re: yes, they are nippers but what's the right name?
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2016, 01:02:32 PM »
They are the first angled ones I have seen.
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Re: yes, they are nippers but what's the right name?
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2016, 01:53:35 PM »
Bernard No 177 is a similar configuration and are labeled as diagonal nippers.
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