Side Cutters Or Shears...???

[MJPD29]

Use snips up to 6mm and shears after that generally. Like to have both in the bag though

 

[DPG]

Hi all. This is a very interesting topic.

Bot alert.

 

[i=p/u]

Ck shears is.my choice. I know guys who have knipex pliers and they use them for everything. It's just getting use to them.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I like my CK shears I have the small and medium size, (i had the large aswell but were too big so flogged them on).
The only issue I find is they dull quite quickly the smaller ones I use most are pretty dull now after about a year use.
But at around 15 quid a pop they are really a throw away item once blunted...

 

[ipf]

I use my nws cutters for stripping my clothes off and cable has well the odd Stanley has well.

I'm wondering who Stanley is.............???

 

[telectrix]

I'm wondering who Stanley is.............???

the thin one:

 

[Mike Johnson]

Beat me to it, but I admit I did not know which was who.

 

[ipf]

the thin one:
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Thanks tel...It had me scratching my head a bit.

 

[123]

I like my CK shears I have the small and medium size, (i had the large aswell but were too big so flogged them on).
The only issue I find is they dull quite quickly the smaller ones I use most are pretty dull now after about a year use.
But at around 15 quid a pop they are really a throw away item once blunted...

What are you cutting with them? Mine are several years old and totally fine, would cut 16mm tails without bother and 10mm T&E also with ease. Limp wrists?

 

[Dustydazzler]

What are you cutting with them? Mine are several years old and totally fine, would cut 16mm tails without bother and 10mm T&E also with ease. Limp wrists?

The small ones I use for cutting everything from twin n earth to coax to Fp cables. I probably have cut other stuff like galv capping with them and maybe the odd steel wire...

 

[123]

The small ones I use for cutting everything from twin n earth to coax to Fp cables. I probably have cut other stuff like galv capping with them and maybe the odd steel wire...

Not the fault of the tool then, it's been used incorrectly. It's like saying a battery drill is garbage cause it was used as a hammer?

 

[daviddarwin]

One of the first tiny diagonal cutters I ever purchased was IGAN when I first started working as a handyman for hire. I purchased this pair because of its cutting capacity; it can handle steel wires up to 1/16-inch thick and copper wires up to 9 gauge. I have the freedom to cut just about any wire I would often come across in everyday work thanks to that.