Posted 8 years ago
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This kinda unusual pair of otherwise typical needle nose pliers is actually made of brass, or some otherwise yellow colored brass/bronze/etc metal. I think these are intended for use by technicians working on electrical wiring located in 'potentially explosive environments', such that they wouldn't inadvertently create a 'spark' if dropped against another metal thing meanwhiles. About 6.5" long overall, there are no markings on them to suggest who made them or how old they really are.
I believe it's the blue material that is used to prevent the user from getting shocked. The user being an electrician, yes. Usually the rubber material is a bit thicker on electrical tools.
Those wire cutters wouldn't last long. Maybe made of Ampco. Magnet doesn't stick ?
We used such tools in naval aviation when working on radar units sensitive to magnetized tools.