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What is this brand? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

The info wore off the grip and I do not recall what it was. I think it was a German brand. These have been one of my favorite tools for a decade. The jaws are much more narrow than what is typical for side cutters and these handle like a surgeon's scalpel. Best of all, they can be sharpened many many times. Unfortunately, these are getting close to end of life from all of my sharpening and pivot pin wear. I want to get another set, but I have never been able to figure out the brand to find them again. They were given to me by a tech for a computerized Guru bicycle fit machine we had installed in one of our bike shops in 2012.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

That's what I suspected with the name, and I tried to do a little poking with some translators, but it wasn't really working as I had no understanding of the correlation between the syllabic spelling vs the hiragana. Thanks for the little breakdown!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I'm just shocked I remember as much as I do from my high school Japanese class. It's been decades but it's still rattling around in there.

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