Nomenclature (was: Crescent wrenches

From: Clint Wolff <vaxman_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Wed Jan 2 16:54:20 2002

An old tech once told me it was because they would bite
off anything that got betwixt their jaws... Suprisingly,
it was the ONLY slightly off-color thing I heard him say...

clint

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, John Allain wrote:

> Old Boss of mine called the larger triangular headed
> snippers (sim.: Xelite wire cutter) "Dykes". Any word
> on this... word. Is this a correct term?
>
> John A.
>
>
Received on Wed Jan 02 2002 - 16:54:20 GMT