Bizarre Hand Tools’ Names

Cute and Bizarre Names of Hand Tools

“Hey, would you hand me those dikes?”

“What!? How am I gonna give you the huge rocks!?”

(In geology, a dike is a barrier used to regulate or hold back water from a river, lake, or even the ocean.)

The Origin of "Dikes" and Other Cute Hand Tool Names

You might get confused when you heard the above conversation. But actually, the “dikes” that they refer to are a kind of hand tools called “Diagonal Pliers”.

It is called “dikes” owing to the portmanteau of "Diagonal Cutters" is pronounced "dikes". This is a normal jargon that used especially in the US electrical industry to describe the tools which is intended to cut wires. What a cute and lovely nickname!

Besides “dikes”, have you ever heard of “Bullnose Plane”? Is a type of plane that is bullnose-alike? Absolutely not! A bullnose plane is a kind of tool for shaping woodworks. With a blade flush with the edges of the plane, you can easily trimming right up to the edge of a wood. It gets this cute little name because it has a front end that looks just like a rounded nose.

 

What are the other cute or bizarre names of hand tools have you ever heard of? You are more than welcome to share with us!

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