heller bros nippers

[bleonard]

my heller bros nippers has JLC or JIC on the tool dos anyone know
Bleonard

[mikeswrenches]

Might be an owners mark.

Mike

[bleonard]

bump

[amecks]

Likely owners initials.  Please post a picture.

[bill300d]

That would be my assumption too.

[bleonard]

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

[skipskip]

could be a mark from the foundry or forger

[keykeeper]

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.

[bleonard]

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

[mikeswrenches]

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