Sidecutters

[jamesBoater]

Which sidecutters do you use, i ask as i bought a pair of Bahco high leaverage cutters a few months back which now seize up constantly pretty poor for the money they cost (£30), just wondering if anyone has a favourite brand they have found good a reliable?

thanks james

 

[Tesla1980]

Knipex are excellent expensive but top quality I have an old set of knipex sidecutters that the old man gave me they are still sharp

 

[Hellmooth]

Knew I hadn't spelt it correctly lol, was going to nip downstairs last night to check

 

[wade88]

Tooth and nail GRRRRRRR......

Or if i'm feeling soft, Knipex are unrivaled, but as mentioned, they will disappear sharpish off a site, you want to attach them to a holster with some of that flexi coil stuff they use for firearms.... then you'd look proper cool................ lol

 

[Marty203]

Don't know if you can get them in the UK, I use Chanel Lock from the US, have done for years and find that they stay sharp for ages

 

[brendan1985]

So sorry to ask this unrelated question but i am new to this forum and im finding it very difficult to work out how to post a thread of my own. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[telectrix]

So sorry to ask this unrelated question but i am new to this forum and im finding it very difficult to work out how to post a thread of my own. Any help would be much appreciated.

at top of page, click on "forum" in the yellow bar. then select the most appropriate forum for your post. then click on "post new thread". enter a title, then compose your post.

 

[Tesla1980]

If you spend good money on tools dont lend them out and it's not really people nicking them it's being careless i have lost count of the number of snips and screwdrivers I have found in false ceiling spaces.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Don't know if you can get them in the UK, I use Chanel Lock from the US, have done for years and find that they stay sharp for ages

yep...you can get some channellock stuff here....
from wisconsin i think...
good quality amarican handtools

 

[telectrix]

when i can't use me teeth. the bahcos come out.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

when i can't use me teeth. the bahcos come out.

try a dentastick to bring em back Tel...
widely available at pet stores up and down the land...

 

[scotsparky]

anyone tried Kleuke?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

its klauke....
and i havn`t used em....

 

[telectrix]

had a set of klauke drivers till was working on a site with a plumber. that's the last i saw of them. thieving little scroat, but i know where he lives and i heard last week he'd just had a new van.........

 

[evo6st]

ck croppers are good, just dont cut steel with them

 

[Guest55]

What a set of these set you back.

about £15 a set on fleabay.

 

[Guest55]

its klauke....
and i havn`t used em....

they make excellent industrial crimpers , on the pricey side tho.

 

[Guest55]

as mentioned by others knipex are arguably the best , however at nearly £30 for a set of 7" 1000v vde sidecutters they're just not worth the cost imo.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

they make excellent industrial crimpers , on the pricey side tho.

yeah...i`v seen them a few times....
i use a mix generally...got some CK...some NWS....and various drivers..
got some CK modulos....dont like them..the ends are weak

 

[scotsparky]

its klauke....
and i havn`t used em....

when did speeling become part of the trade?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i had some cutters given once....dont know where they came from but christ they were truely awful....you had to kind of `gnaw` your way through owt over 2.5....
threw `em over the wall after a while....