How about using those small, flexible sanding disks that one uses with a
Dremel Mototool. I use them for sharpening bandsaw blades mounted on the
bandsaw. Works great for them. You should be able to work them between the
narrow confines of those nippers and dikes!

Leif
"Alan Horowitz" > wrote in message
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> how to sharpen the mini dike cutters and nipper cutters used in
> electrical & electronic work?
>
> They're too small to handle with jigs, and the blades don't even open
> very widely. Yet, their utility is directly proportional to how
> recently they've been sharpened/honed.