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15th December 2015, 03:26 PM #1
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My Collection of Detonator Crimp Pliers is Growing ...
My Collection of Detonator Crimp Pliers is Growing ...
Went to a market at Mt Gravatt Brisbane, and saw another tool I couldn't resist for $1.
Sold as a wire stripper until I told the barrow man what is really was.
Made by Henry Boker of Germany.
Looks like it has been used to cut nails instead of detonator fuse, but otherwise in good working order.
No slippery slope to a real collection here, just a fluke buy.
I now have three, a modern ICI plier that I myself used in the early 70's, another by Ahrem's Good Line of Germany, and now the Boker.
For your viewing and amusement.
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15th December 2015, 11:55 PM #2
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Hi Mike48,
Well, it has been a fair while, since I, like you used those Crimpers.
The ones we used were a bit more Tinny than those, but goodness knows where they got to.
They did the job, & that was all that mattered.
We had a big red box, in 2 ends Fuse Lead?, Detonators, in a Nobex Tin Box, & the Gelignite in the other end.
Can't think of much else, as it was 40??years ago.Regards,
issatree.
Have Lathe, Wood Travel.
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16th December 2015, 07:57 AM #3
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G,day issatree,
as I recall, when I bought a small quantity of "stuff", the AN60 gelignite was given to me over the counter in a brown paper bag!
They were were a bit more careful with detonators; they were only sold in units of ten I think, in a tinplate box like an old cigarette box, with some cotton wool type stuff as padding??
I used to keep it all under the front seat of my car, just to be safe.
Like you, it is now a distant memory.
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