r/whatisit • u/MapleSyrupandWaffle • 9h ago

Solved! What’s this tool called?

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I like it and I want to buy it. But I don’t know what it’s called. Thanks!

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I too call em Nippers, but they're "actually" End Cutting Pliers,

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u/Guilty-Ad-1792 9h ago

Technically flat cutters, but ive only ever actually heard them called nippers

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u/psyclopsus 8h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/H3upGMAE4p3iw
….ok, you good

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u/the_colour_f 51m ago

*stares motherfuckerly*

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u/BusyAtilla 7h ago

Here in the south they are sometimes called catfish sinners by old heads.

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u/Hubic_Pairs 8h ago

Are you being serious? Can’t tell if you’re trying to make a racist joke… coupled with your username.

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u/turkey_sandwiches 8h ago

It's a racist joke.

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u/Rocko1788 9h ago

I call them nippers

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u/CubeXombi 9h ago

I too call em Nippers, but they're "actually" End Cutting Pliers,

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u/Michael_Dautorio 9h ago

That doesn't sound as fun as nippers.

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u/AC-burg 9h ago

Doesn't soind as fun as nipples either but facts are facts.

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u/oops_i_got_da_poops 9h ago

What kind of nipples we talkin’, here??

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u/AC-burg 8h ago

The good kind you know what I'm talkin bout don't play dumb with me 🤣😂🤣😂

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u/slfemployedastronaut 8h ago

Ive got nipples, Greg! Can you milk me‽

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u/AC-burg 8h ago

This answer is always yes. The milk may of different consistencies

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u/CubeXombi 9h ago

Exactly! (And I agree with the other posters Toe Nail clippers and I might end up using that going forward)

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u/MapleSyrupandWaffle 9h ago

Solved!

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u/Previous-Ear4445 7h ago

I’ve always heard them called end nippers

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u/rubberchickenlips 6h ago

You called?

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u/claudekennilol 9h ago

Nippers would be if those had little scissor blades of the same length, but one blade was flat while only the other is sharp.

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u/Famous_Attention5861 9h ago

Before granulated sugar was invented sugar came in a big cone called a loaf and people used sugar nippers to break off chunks to use.

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u/Certain-Culture7659 3h ago

Eu ia responder isto mais achei que iam me zoar kkkkkk

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u/DustinDeWind 9h ago

Cuttem-Offers

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u/MaximumSyrup3099 9h ago

End clippers. I wish they made the blade flush with the outside edge, though. Gotta grind them down to get that.

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u/RegalMachine 9h ago

Nail pullers or knipping pliers

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u/Rune_roony_587 9h ago

Mr. Snippy clippy

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u/vintj 9h ago

End nipper cutting pliers

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u/maddler 9h ago

Pincers

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u/woooooooood9 9h ago

Bull nosed clippers

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u/PotentialPlum4945 9h ago

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u/AC-burg 9h ago

🤤 I'm thirsty

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u/Glittering-Yogurt-28 9h ago

Tooth extractor 2000

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u/HolodeckMoriarty 9h ago

Side cutters, but rotated 90 deg

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u/M_Sizzlak 9h ago

Emergency Dentist

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u/Beginning_Ice5375 9h ago

Nippers/ wire snips.

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u/PuzzleheadedResult69 9h ago

Snippedy grippedy clippery

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u/pain_is_bread 9h ago

It’s part of a game but seems to be missing its box.

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u/bazderoman 8h ago

lol what? No, this is an actual tool that exists. Why would you take this logical leap? 

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u/Mother-Ad7855 9h ago

Dikes, nippers or wire cutter

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u/Old-Inevitable7079 9h ago

My dad had always referred to them as wire cutters.

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u/Representative_Elk90 9h ago

I know them ad straight cutters or flat cutters.

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u/mayhem77 9h ago

End cutting pliers

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u/unlikely_intuition 9h ago

end nipper (I bought one at harbor freight that I used to pull staples and nails out of hardwood flooring and it's perfect for that job.)

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u/always_wear_gloves 9h ago

Carpenter Pincers

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u/Signal_2_Noise 9h ago

You "like it and want to buy it". What exactly do you plan to use it for without knowing what its purpose is?

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u/ct451t 9h ago

Farm karma with it.

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u/Old-Inevitable7079 9h ago

Cut the wire at just the right length for pipe cleaning.

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u/twobarb 9h ago

Might be for oetiker clamps but probably nippers.

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u/chinchan9 9h ago

I think they are called end cutting nippers.

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u/Heavy_Implement1031 9h ago

Mafia Truth Extractors

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u/Drakjira 9h ago

Ferrule jewelry pliers? For crimping the ferrules on hand made beaded jewelry.

The bigger version are known as bull nose pliers, because they resemble the old iron bull leads that clamped to their noses.

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u/dawgblogit 9h ago

Home Depot sales them under their house brand in a package

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u/Big-D-TX 9h ago

Tool needed in every Tackle Box

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u/Embarrassed_Camel_35 9h ago

I’ve only heard of these being called nippers.

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u/Dubiousgoober 9h ago

Tile nippers

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u/NoCoastNeutral 9h ago

Just your simple everyday Dike

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u/Frequent_Translator3 9h ago

CIA information extraction tool

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u/CharmingStabilizer 9h ago

Based on childhood experiences, I'd call that a tooth puller

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u/dirty_dan_the_3rd 9h ago

Nail clippers

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u/Infamous-Solution602 9h ago

Thar tool on the shed…

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u/brutalitopz420 9h ago

Pecker pincher

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u/Alkash 9h ago

Кусачки

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u/ru_k1nd 9h ago

I swear to god my orthodontist used one of these to take my braces off when I was a kid.

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u/Ghost1a 9h ago

Circumcision Scissors

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u/Business_Metal4675 8h ago

Toe pincher 3000

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u/jhemp8 8h ago

Those are for the new eyelashes so many ladies are wearing these days

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u/Deep_D2025 8h ago

Tooth extractor

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u/xylophone_37 8h ago

Bullnose pliers, but they are usually bigger than that. I have the same pack from home depot

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u/Aggressive_Cattle174 8h ago

Okay im in industrial mecanic and that not for cutting thing ,this is for crimping thing like a air hose end on a fitting with a ring that o shaped with two ear on each side for crimp

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u/Ennolangus 8h ago

Growing up we've always called them nippers. As a carpenter I always keep a big pair near by to cleanly pull out stubborn nails with minimal damage to the material.

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u/deephurting66 8h ago

Flat cutter or a snip

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u/Garencio 3h ago

It’s a perfectly used word and that is the correct term for that tool. Don’t make assumptions
Shame on you for going there.

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u/Jeepnfunjr 8h ago

Snips!

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u/CreativeAdeptness477 8h ago

Toenail trimmer. Or is that just me?

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u/Odd-Most-9186 8h ago

Snippy snips!!

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u/Massive_Mongoose3481 7h ago

End cutting pliers. We used to call them bullnose nippers because they resembled the pliers for crimping bullnose rings

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u/meta_moose0923 5h ago

A flathead yimper

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u/insignificantnaym 5h ago

Also the name of the RCA VIctrola dog, Nipper.

https://giphy.com/gifs/KyGno1zsRxg27aR31d

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u/insignificantnaym 5h ago

Which has a music festival named after him...

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u/Certain-Culture7659 3h ago

Alicate BDSM

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u/CMGOO 3h ago

My dad always called them fish skinners

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u/Walster62 2h ago

End nippers...

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u/Bran-Bran-Muffin 2h ago

Nippers, cause they are for nipples.

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u/muddygold 2h ago

Nipper not to be confused with nibbler

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u/Feeling_Support2316 1h ago

Nippy clippers, or clippy nippers. Whatever flows better in the moment.

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u/sofaking_scientific 1h ago

I call these flush cutters but I believe they're called flat cutters

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u/jsgreen6 41m ago

Also useful for removing spring clamps like what might be holding a fuel filter onto the fuel line of a small engine.

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u/akbattle2025 24m ago

Nippers or end cutters

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u/macmanwrj 6m ago

China garbage

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u/Mobile_Dimension_837 9h ago

I came here to say pincer like I was making up the word and see other people saying the same thing. So how the hell did I know what this thing was called? Brains are so weird.

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u/Suspicious-Rock-2650 9h ago

Toenail clippers

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u/Plenty_Goose5465 9h ago

I work in construction and I swear on my life I once saw someone clip their toenails with one of these but a bigger one. The builders use them to tie rebar together with wire then snip the wire with the same tool.