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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:08:31 PM EDT

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Dykes are diagonal cutters. Different tool.

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Dikes or is it Dykes?

Dykes are diagonal cutters. Different tool.

Yep. These are dikes:

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:08:39 PM EDT

[#2]

Lesbians or “Lesies”

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:08:45 PM EDT

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9's.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:08:51 PM EDT

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Back in my electricians days, I called them linesman's pliers, but lots of people called them Kleins, after the brand.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:09:18 PM EDT

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Kleins

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:09:19 PM EDT

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My 14 year old son looked and said "Nice Wrench"

Lol

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:09:23 PM EDT

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Lineman pliers

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:09:28 PM EDT

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TLs. Tool-Linesman.

31Ks used them.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:09:47 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:09:52 PM EDT

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Linemans pliers

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:09:54 PM EDT

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Linemans pliers

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:09:58 PM EDT

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Denutters

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:10:05 PM EDT

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I refer to diagonal cutters as dikes. That is not a pair of dikes.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:10:16 PM EDT

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First post fucked it up.

Kharn

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How did I fuck it up? The man asked what I call the tool in the picture.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:10:20 PM EDT

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Dikes or is it Dykes?

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Would be dikes with an I, short for diagonal cutters, if it were in fact diagonal cutters. But they are not.
Dyke, with a Y, is a derogatory term for a lesbian.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:10:20 PM EDT

[#16]

the tooth puller from Heat

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:10:38 PM EDT

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These are "dikes" or diagonal cutters.
https://www.meshdirect.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/i/diagonal_cutter_small_1.jpg

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Yeah. OP has pliers.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:10:50 PM EDT

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Linemans pliers

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:10:53 PM EDT

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Kleins. Any other answer is wrong.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:11:36 PM EDT

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Kleins.

In this thread, we learn who works with Electricity / EIC /trades and who doesn't.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:11:40 PM EDT

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Scissoring dikes?

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:11:47 PM EDT

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Kleins

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this and only this! everything else is retarded

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:12:01 PM EDT

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Reported

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:12:07 PM EDT

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Linemans pliers

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:12:11 PM EDT

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dykes

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:14:05 PM EDT

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Kleins.

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I just don't need to go out of my way to sound like one of the old timers. I don't call my Fluke meter a "Fluke", either. It's just my meter.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:14:20 PM EDT

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Dykes are diagonal cutters. Different tool.

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Dikes or is it Dykes?

Dykes are diagonal cutters. Different tool.

I've always wondered about that. I wonder if it's a regional thing?

If you Google it, dykes are diagonal cutters - just like you said. However, I've always known lineman pliers as dykes.

Go figure

I have both in the tool pouch:

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:15:21 PM EDT

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I've always wondered about that. I wonder if it's a regional thing?

If you Google it, dykes are diagonal cutters - just like you said. However, I've always known lineman pliers as dykes.

Go figure

I have both in the tool pouch:
http://i.imgur.com/Y2Cx18S.jpg

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Dikes or is it Dykes?

Dykes are diagonal cutters. Different tool.

I've always wondered about that. I wonder if it's a regional thing?

If you Google it, dykes are diagonal cutters - just like you said. However, I've always known lineman pliers as dykes.

Go figure

I have both in the tool pouch:
http://i.imgur.com/Y2Cx18S.jpg

You’ve got dikes next to your butt with a punch between them. Dikes punching Your butt.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:15:34 PM EDT

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I just don't need to go out of my way to sound like one of the old timers. I don't call my Fluke meter a "Fluke", either. It's just my meter.

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My meter is my meter too. But those are Kleins. My Kleins are actually knipex.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:16:33 PM EDT

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Side cutters.

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:16:35 PM EDT

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I've always wondered about that. I wonder if it's a regional thing?

If you Google it, dykes are diagonal cutters - just like you said. However, I've always known lineman pliers as dykes.

Go figure

I have both in the tool pouch:
http://i.imgur.com/Y2Cx18S.jpg

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Wow, those are nice shiny tools. Did you get those from Santa last Christmas?

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:17:01 PM EDT

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Always heard them called wire pliers or "wahr plars" around here aka linemans pliers.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:17:04 PM EDT

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this and only this! everything else is retarded

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Kleins

this and only this! everything else is retarded

A quick search engine look shows nothing like the OP's pic as any of the first results, images included.

Kleins appears to be a common restaurant name, and granted, a tool maker. But calling those kleins is clearly a stretch.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:17:21 PM EDT

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Dikes or is it Dykes?

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:17:27 PM EDT

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You’ve got dikes next to your butt with a punch between them. Dikes punching Your butt.

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Indeed I do

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:17:54 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:18:11 PM EDT

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I just call them wire cutters.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:18:58 PM EDT

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Kleins.

In this thread, we learn who works with Electricity / EIC /trades and who doesn't.

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I've been installing electrical hardware for 20 years.
For whatever reason I rarely see an electrician with linesman pliers. But everybody has a set of dikes on them.
Honestly I think, like the name suggest, we just never come across anything big enough for them to be of use.
I'd rather have a needle nose with a side cutter than that big bill.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:19:28 PM EDT

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Kleins.

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They are linesman up here in the Northeast.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:19:34 PM EDT

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Indeed I do

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You’ve got dikes next to your butt with a punch between them. Dikes punching Your butt.

Indeed I do

Figured you’d get it.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:19:43 PM EDT

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My meter is my meter too. But those are Kleins. My Kleins are actually knipex.

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I've got Kleins. Both the regular dark blue handled ones, and the big, honkin' ass orange safety handled ones. I hate using the ones with the orange handle but the safety fags on some jobs require it.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:20:09 PM EDT

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Linesman's pliers.

Looks to be #9's

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Nines

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:20:58 PM EDT

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PLARS

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:21:09 PM EDT

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Yep.
I’m still using my grandfathers from 50 years ago.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:21:18 PM EDT

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Linesman's pliers

The rest of you are wrong, and should feel bad. You probably call crimpers "Sta Kons" too.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:21:30 PM EDT

[#46]

A pair of Kleins.

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:21:49 PM EDT

[#47]

Dikes

Posted: 10/16/2019 9:22:26 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:22:49 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:24:43 PM EDT

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Kleins
Or lineman’s pliars

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