IRWINVISE-GRIP Diagonal Cutting Pliers, 6", 2078306

I'm 75 and I don't remember the last time I bought a tool, till now. I had two of these, that were unable to cut through a wire or even a zip tie! Time for a new one. I chose this one, on Price first (best I could find) and the thousands of people who bought it before me. They look great, feel solid and cut like they're supposed to.

Ordered these so the SO could use them to trip floral wire and such for her crafts and leave my work tools alone. She likes the rubberized grips and the cutting edge works fine for that gauge of wire. One happy customer.

I have always used IRWIN tools, so when I needed a new set of cutting pliers, I had to get the same brand again. They always work great and stay sharp to easily cut. We use them for so many things around the house too. I use them in the garage and my wife uses them with her crafts. The handles are comfortable and easy on your hands.

Sharp. No wobble, Nice rivet. Comfortable grips. The only issue is that the blades do not go back to the rivet so there is a gap. Looking at the photo in the ad, you can even see the air gap near the rivet. This means when you put your wire all the way "in" to get maximum leverage, say like you might need on this size cutter for #10 or #8 stranded, they don't cut through and you have to adjust a bit to get that last wire or piece of insulation. Not fatal but, so easy to correct and kind of annoying. Other than that, these are a great value. I carry them in my emergency car kit because living in California, where we have decriminalized theft up to $950, it seems to be lost or stolen often. My home set are Kleins for the 8" and Milwaukee for the 6". Both are about 2x the price of these but cut all the way to the rivet and are tougher steel. These are made in China, Klein in USA and Milwaukee in Vietnam. FYI. The craftsmanship on all three is about the same it is just the others are a better design (no gap) and use a tougher steel and edge material/finish.

Sharp and clips things with ease

Good quality. Hard steel.

I bought this to cut strings to length for my bass guitar. At half the price of a similar looking "guitar string cutter", I'm very happy with the job it does. My only complaint... As others have pointed out, the cutting blade does not go all the way back to where the jaws hinge. (If you look closely at the product photo, you can even see it as a small dot of white background peeking through.) This wasn't a problem with the larger string gauges (E, A, and D), but when I got to the G, I found the string slipping into that little notch on my first two tries. Not a big deal for me, but I would imagine guitar players with smaller gauge strings might find it frustrating. If you're cutting 14 ga. electrical wire though, you probably won't even notice. Still a good product worthy of five-stars.

They came on time and they cut wires, so I'm good with them :-)