Ron Reeland
New member
Hi:
I attended a Hamest at the Will County Fairgronds in Peotone, Illinois on Sunday, the 4th of August 2024. A Hamfest is a kind of electronic flea market organized by Amateur Radio Operators or "Hams". Anyway I was given a small box of various hand tools for free, but I gave the man $5.00 for his kindness and the tools were worth at least that much. But one tool made by Boker is somewhat special to me. It is marked "Boker HLKK-1. It appears to be a specialty tool for electrical factory production work. The blue plastic grips were very grimy and discolored from what I guess was a rather lengthy period of use. I cleaned the grips up with WD-40. The pliers are chrome plated, at least above the blue grips It seems to be some sort of end nipper or cutter device. I am able to clip soft copper electrcal wire in the smaller gages such as #18 -24. But the business end is not just two angled blades meeting each other such as found on diagonal cutters. Instead it has a kind of shearing action where one edge sluides over another and shears the wire.
Please see the photos. I was wondering if anyonecan identify the tool and its actual intended use.
Thanks,
Ron Reeland
I attended a Hamest at the Will County Fairgronds in Peotone, Illinois on Sunday, the 4th of August 2024. A Hamfest is a kind of electronic flea market organized by Amateur Radio Operators or "Hams". Anyway I was given a small box of various hand tools for free, but I gave the man $5.00 for his kindness and the tools were worth at least that much. But one tool made by Boker is somewhat special to me. It is marked "Boker HLKK-1. It appears to be a specialty tool for electrical factory production work. The blue plastic grips were very grimy and discolored from what I guess was a rather lengthy period of use. I cleaned the grips up with WD-40. The pliers are chrome plated, at least above the blue grips It seems to be some sort of end nipper or cutter device. I am able to clip soft copper electrcal wire in the smaller gages such as #18 -24. But the business end is not just two angled blades meeting each other such as found on diagonal cutters. Instead it has a kind of shearing action where one edge sluides over another and shears the wire.
Please see the photos. I was wondering if anyonecan identify the tool and its actual intended use.
Thanks,
Ron Reeland
