I have a couple of pair like Jared has.
8 & 12"???
Been in my box for 25 years.
They are still my 'go to' "Channelocks"

 

They really are well made. I always try to buy one expensive thing than a million cheap things.

 

i had a boss that had a pair of the really nice ones like you have jackson. he was using it with about a ten foot cheater on an inch nut (on a concrete anchor for a sub arc welder) he wasn't paying attention and got at too much of an angle and bent the handle. but it didn't slip off the nut...

 

I feel proud knowing it takes ten feet of leverage to bend one but more yet to break one.

 

Agreed. Awesome tools!

 

Hey guys just found this part of the forum. I know, i need to get out more. Any way have to agree on how good knipex pliers are. I wish my drawer looked like yours with all the different sets, but i just have the cobras. And to answer why not just use a wrench or socket. Carrying around just one pair of pliers is alot handyer than a whole set of wrenchs. I work at a coal prep plant and alot im away from the service truck or tool boxes when im messing with a bolt or fitting. Most here carry a either a 6 in cresent or a pair or knipex. And the knipex dont slip or slip a tooth like the cresent does.

 

Well, they put 8" Crescents (especially cheap brands) to shame. Not entirely convinced of their utility over normal combination wrenches in a shop setting where your box is right there with you, but for portability they can't be beat. One of those things where the dedicated tool is always best, but when you have to use a universal tool might as well have a good one.

One odd place they shine is hanging gates on on regular cedar residential fencing. I formerly used a dedicated ratchet/ universal Gator socket and small crescent wrench, but variability in thickness on the finishes or in how badly corroded/rounded the old screws are makes the positive grab from the adjustable Knipex pliers pretty awesome over the crescent. Gator socket plus Knipex means I can always fit every screw everytime. Knipex pliers are easier to use with gloves also.

 

Couldn't agree more with that. Happy wrenching!

 

I've got a bunch of Knipex electrical pliers, but not these. Definitely need to get a set. It is absolutely amazing how much better these pliers are than the cheap stuff. You really can't understand until you try them.

 

I have a pair of knipex dikes and they are one of my favorite tools. You just can't beat the durability of this tool. I've cut open bike locks, tried to cut padlocks (turns out hardened steel is a bit too much for them), used them for every wiring, staple-pulling, cotter-pin pulling job and then some over the last 10 years.

I can still cut electrical tape clean all the way across with them. The edge is just indestructible.

I would shell out $50 for another pair of knipex anything in a heartbeat. They are that good.